Agenda item

This paper is to brief members on the Guildford Town Centre Transport Package project which was the subject of a six week consultation between 5 October and 15 November 2015 and to agree the package of measures to take forward to form the Business Case submission at the end of January 2016.

The Local Committee (Guildford) agreed to:

(i)    Note the results (Annex 1 of the report) of the high level analysis of the public engagement event on the Guildford Town Centre Transport Package and note that further consideration of the comments received will be taken forward to detailed design to progress the scheme and develop the business case.

(ii)   Agree the schedule of schemes (Annex 4 of the report) that will be developed to establish the most appropriate package of benefits for the business case.

(iii)  Note that the Local Committee will be updated on a regular basis during the life of the project.

Reasons:

To ensure that the Local Committee is kept informed of the scheme development, the Local Committee is asked to note the results of the analysis of the public engagement event on the Guildford Town Centre Transport Package proposals, included in Annex 1, together with supporting information of Annex 2 the exhibition panels and Annex 3 the questionnaire, together with the recommended schedule of schemes that will be developed to establish the most appropriate benefits for the Business Case for submission to the EM3 LEP on 31 January 2016 (Annex 4).

The aim of the report was to brief members on the Guildford Town Centre Transport Package project which was the subject of a six week consultation between 5 October and 15 November 2015, and to agree the package of measures to take forward to form the Business Case submission at the end of January 2016.

Members asked about the proposed closure of Walnut Tree Close.  Members were informed that the Closure of Walnut Tree Close will be an experimental closure, after 18 months the data collected will be analysed to see whether this should go ahead.  The Transportation Task group would be presented with a shortlist of schemes in February 2016 and the group would indicate the final schemes to pursue. 

Members asked what could be done to increase more car sharing to reduce the number of cars on Guildford roads.  The consultation will be looking at where the closure will be placed and will have an impact on how the gyratory operates.  Work has been done with bus companies e.g. on Surrey lift share etc. 

The Local Committee (Guildford) agreed to:

(i)    Note the results (Annex 1 of the report) of the high level analysis of the public engagement event on the Guildford Town Centre Transport Package and note that further consideration of the comments received will be taken forward to detailed design to progress the scheme and develop the business case.

(ii)   Agree the schedule of schemes (Annex 4 of the report) that will be developed to establish the most appropriate package of benefits for the business case.

(iii)  Note that the Local Committee will be updated on a regular basis during the life of the project.

Reasons:

To ensure that the Local Committee is kept informed of the scheme development, the Local Committee is asked to note the results of the analysis of the public engagement event on the Guildford Town Centre Transport Package proposals, included in Annex 1, together with supporting information of Annex 2 the exhibition panels and Annex 3 the questionnaire, together with the recommended schedule of schemes that will be developed to establish the most appropriate benefits for the Business Case for submission to the EM3 LEP on 31 January 2016 (Annex 4).