Agenda and decisions
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Contact: Anne Gowing 020 8541 9938 Email: anne.gowing@surreycc.gov.uk
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting. |
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PROCEDURAL ITEMS
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Members' Questions
The deadline for Members’ questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (7 May 2015). |
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Public Questions
The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (6 May 2015). |
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Petitions
Notice of Petition
Received from Victoria Leake, 139 signatures
According to the Department of Transport (http://road-collisions.dft.gov.uk), Surrey County Council (SCC) has the highest number of cycling fatalities in the whole of England and is fourth highest for pedestrian fatalities of any highway authority. Pedestrians spend more per week than any other shopper Tfl (Town Centre Study 2011). One in five cars on the road at morning peak traffic times are taking children to school, contributing to congestion, air pollution and carbon emissions. With school pupil numbers projected to rise year on year the school run is expected to have an increasingly negative impact on congestion. One in three children leaves primary school either overweight or obese. (www.livingstreets.org.uk/wow). Inactivity is costing the Primary Care trust in England in excess of £940million a year.
We petition SCC senior leadership team to make our towns and villages safer for pedestrian and cyclists and to stop prioritising the car over other road users. We ask that they look at best practice outside their own County.
A response to the petition will be tabled at the meeting. Decision: That the response, attached as appendix 1, be approved. |