Issue - meetings

[Andrew Milne]

(Approximate starting time – 7.20pm)

To update the committee on highway schemes within the borough

The Woking Joint Committee:

(i)     Noted the progress with ITS highways and developer funded schemes and revenue funded works for the 2016/17 financial year and requested that Bateson Way be re-instated on the programme.

(ii)    Noted the budgetary position.

(iii)  Noted that a further Highways Update will be brought to the next meeting of this Committee.

REASONS:

The above recommendations are made to enable progression of all highway related

schemes and works. It was noted that Bateson Way was not part of the Sheerwater Regeneration so should be re-instated on the programme.

Andrew Milne introduced the report which updated the committee on highway schemes within the borough.

Members had a discussion on the process of the parking review and the length of time it took from decision at the Committee to the time when lines are put down on the ground.  The revised parking policy stated that the lines would be down 6 months after decision but this has not been the case in Woking.

The Chairman sought the committees’ views on the possibility of putting the responsibility of the Parking Review with Woking Borough Council.

Members generally thought this would be a good way forward and could possibly be an annex to the Woking Town Centre Management agreement. Currently, they were concerned that residents’ expectations were not being met.

Additional points made include during the discussion included:

·         If this was delegated to Woking Borough Council then the funding would need to be delegated too.

·         The need to lobby the local MP for a change in legislation around TROs to make the process quicker.

·         The process needs to be transparent and members and residents should be aware of when decisions will be implemented.

·         The current process of carrying out the review works well, it is the implementation which is a problem.

It was suggested that a meeting should be organised to look at this issue further and for officers to bring a report back to a future informal meeting for further consideration.

Other issues raised included:

·         It was agreed to discuss bridge maintenance over the Basingstoke Canal outside the meeting.

·         Confirmation was given that the funding for the maintenance of the Rive Ditch had been transferred to Runnymede Borough Council.

·         The timing of the delivery of schemes was raised, and it was agreed that this would be looked at further within an informal meeting.

·         It was requested that future updates on gully cleansing would reflect the new ward boundaries.

It was noted that under Table 4, Bateson Way was not part of the Sheerwater Regeneration Scheme, and therefore the committee agreed to re-instate it on the programme.

RESOLVED

The Woking Joint Committee:

(i)    Noted the progress with ITS highways and developer funded schemes and revenue funded works for the 2016/17 financial year and requested that Bateson Way be re-instated on the programme.           

(ii)   Noted the budgetary position.

(iii)  Noted that a further Highways Update will be brought to the next meeting of this Committee.