Agenda item

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Parks, Highways & Transport Services.

This report seeks to present to Cabinet the ‘City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) – A6 Corridor Improving Journeys’ project for comment.  This was subject to a consultation exercise carried out with residents and businesses along the A6 Corridor, has been reported to, and has resolutions from, the Heatons and Reddish and Central Stockport Area Committees and received comments and recommendations from Communities and Transport Scrutiny Committee.

The Cabinet is requested to note the commentary in the above report and  approve the implementation of the recommendations contained in Section 6 of the Area Committee report (see Appendix 2) and the related appendices.

Officer contact: Sue Stevenson on 0161 474 4351 or email sue.stevenson@stockport.gov.uk

The Cabinet Member for Parks, Highways & Transport Services (Councillor Grace Baynham) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposed A6 Corridor Improvement scheme that extended from Crossley Road in the north, on the boundary with Manchester to Heaton Road in the south immediately north of Stockport town centre.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·       The development of cycling infrastructure was an important part of encouraging model shift.

·       Members expressed their thanks to officers for the significant work that had been undertaken in developing this scheme.

·       The scheme had been subject to extensive consultation, including with area and scrutiny committees and it was noted that it now had the support of local members.

·       The approach of the council to facilitating active travel provision as part of wider schemes such as this, was welcomed.

·       It was noted that in recent years, bus patronage in Greater Manchester had reduced, and schemes such as this were an important element in arresting that decline.

·       It was noted that the sustainability of schemes such as capped bus fares were predicated on seeing an increase in patronage.

RESOLVED - That approval be given to the implementation of the recommendations detailed at Appendix 2 to the report and associated further appendices.