Issue - meetings

To approve the Minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record.

The  minutes were agreed as an accurate record.

To receive a presentation on the current Local Transport Review which is looking at the County Council’s major spend on local transport.

Paul Millin (Group Manager Travel and Transport) and Mike Goodman (SCC Portfolio Holder for Environment & Infrastructure) gave the presentation on the current Local Transport Review.

The presentation is attached as Annex A to the minutes.

To date the response to the public consultation had been very good so it had been decided to extend the public consultation period to 2^nd February 2015.

SCC Councillor, Rachael I Lake,  declared an interest.

Member discussion – key points

Members questioned whether the right bus routes were being run at the right times, how the views of elderly people were being captured and whether Section 106/CIL funding could be used for funding bus services.

The officer and Member said they welcomed suggestions on improving routes, explained the aim was to try to reduce costs without affecting services and assured Members that the team was engaging with older people’s groups.

Additionally Members expressed concern that 15 out of the 21 services in Elmbridge are currently fully funded by SCC, suggested that further consultation took place on the proposals which come out of the review and suggested that season tickets were looked at.

The presenters offered to circulate promotional material and paper copies of the survey on request and said a quick follow up consultation could be possible with small groups if real issues arose.

The Local Committee resolved to agree to note:

(i) the contents of the presentation.