Issue - meetings

The Surrey Cycling Strategy set the objective of developing Local Cycling Plans that reflect local priorities. Mole Valley District Council and the County Council have been working together to make progress on the Action Plan approved by this Committee on 10^th September 2014.

This paper reports on progress over the past year and proposes an ongoing community engagement to further develop the Local Cycling Plan.

The Local Committee (Mole Valley) agreed to:

(i)    Note the progress in implementation of the Action Plan

And resolved to:

(ii)   Agree to establishing the Cycling Plan online, including the mapping of existing and potential cycle facilities.

and

(iii)   Agree to have an ongoing community engagement for the Plan, facilitated through the online resource, to be regularly reported back to the Local Committee.

Reasons for recommendations:

(i)    The Action Plan was approved last year and is being implemented.

(ii)   An online resource will help to facilitate further community engagement.

No declarations of interest received.

Officers present:

Marc Woodall (MC), Sustainable Transport Manager

Lucy O’Connell, Strategic Leadership Manager MVDC

(Cllr Stanyard returned)

Members’ discussion:

MW emphasised the change in approach by using an online map to facilitate continuous improvements and advised that his team will bring further updates on the plan to future local committee meetings.

Hazel Watson (HW) was pleased that the action plan showed only one ‘red item’ but commented that the access portal this referred to was of utmost importance to allow the authorities to know when ‘sportive’ events are taking place. MW explained that the events calendar, which is not just for cycling, would be going live imminently on the SCC website and that the county council is developing a code for organisers which will go to the Board for approval in the new year.

HW suggested that residents would like the route of the Prudential RideLondon event to be varied. The Chairman asked Helyn Clack (HC) about the process for possibly changing the route. She explained that it was a 5 year programme and that a change of London Mayor in 2017 will have a bearing on what happens in the future, but that it would be worth mentioning to the Cycling Board to start that dialogue.

Chris Townsend asked whether in the long-term the possibility of joining up the cycle paths in Epsom to Ashtead and on to Dorking was being pursued. MW explained that the A24 presented challenges through Ashtead itself but that there were other options in the north. They are working on proposals for a bid for funding from Coast to Capital funding for the Ashtead to Epsom route.

The Local Committee (Mole Valley) agreed to:

(i)    Note the progress in implementation of the Action Plan

And resolved to agree to:

(ii)   establishing the Cycling Plan online, including the mapping of existing and potential cycle facilities.

and

(iii)   have an ongoing community engagement for the Plan, facilitated through the online resource, to be regularly reported back to the Local Committee.

Reason for recommendations:

(i)    The Action Plan was approved last year and is being implemented.

(ii)   An online resource will help to facilitate further community engagement.