Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Alderman Alison Gowman, Barbara Newman and Deputy John Owen-Ward.

There were no declarations of interest.

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 10 March 2014.

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the meeting held on 10 March 2014 be approved.

MATTERS ARISING –

Gateway 3 – Outline Options Appraisal – Beech Street – Members were informed that the time table for the project in relation to the enhancements strategies which had arisen from the Cultural Hub would be submitted to the next meeting of the Sub Committee.

Skateboarding – The Assistant Director (Environmental Enhancement) confirmed that a City-wide report was being prepared on Skateboarding which would consider options for Enforcement Byelaws as well as design options to prevent skateboarding.  It was noted that enforcement actions were being looked at for the St Paul’s area in particular, where criminal damage was occurring.

Cheapside Area Strategy Improvements – The Sub Committee noted that in considering the report, the Projects Sub Committee requested that prior to the balance of £0.47m from the Section 106 funds being released, clarification be sought as to whether this was allowed for in the legal agreements, if so, the monies could be released back to the pooled funding for transport improvements at or in the vicinity of Bank Station.

Cycling – Members were advised that a detailed report regarding cycling in the City, in particular on former one way streets would be submitted to this Sub Committee in May/June 2014.

A report of the Director of the Built Environment was considered regarding the Combined Security Enhancement and Highway works scheme at Cannon Street Station.

The Chairman thanked both Network Rail and London Underground for delivering the project on time.

The Sub Committee noted that the security bollards outside Cannon Street Station had recently prevented a much more serious incident which involved a bus.  Members were informed that the security bollards were the property of Network Rail who was responsible for meeting maintenance costs. 

Reference was made to the detailed finance breakdown on page 18 of the report and Members noted that none of the S106 monies had been returned and that this balance had been retained.   It was noted that remaining S278 monies had already been returned in December 2013, in accordance with the legal agreement with the developer.

With regard to the anti-skid surface at the crossing which was slowly wearing off, Members were informed that a review was being undertaken and an update would be provided to the Sub Committee at a future meeting.

RESOLVED – That,

a)    closure of the project be authorised; and

b)    subject to the completion of the final accounts, any unspent funds be returned to NRIL as per the conditions of the Cannon Street Station S.278 agreement.

A report of the Director of the Built Environment was considered regarding the Museum of London Gyratory.

A member of the Committee considered this scheme should be considered alongside the schemes for Beech Street and London Wall.

RESOLVED – That,

a)    the scope of the project be expanded to the north and east to include the Aldersgate Street and London Wall areas and note that the estimated funding required to deliver the project would therefore increase;

b)    delegated authority be granted to the Director of the Built Environment, in consultation with the Chamberlain and Comptroller and City Solicitor to:

·          submit bids to TfL to seek funding to develop the project to Gateway 3;

·               identify suitable S106 funding to develop the project to Gateway 3 (in the

event that sufficient TfL funding is not made available).

c)    the Proposals for highway changes to part of London Wall to accommodate the London Wall Place development are progressing in parallel with the gyratory project and the two may be merged at later project gateways if this is deemed expedient be noted.

A report of the Director of the Built Environment was considered which set out details of the planned public consultation exercise to aid development of the Riverside Walk  Enhancement Strategy.

RESOLVED – That,

a)    the that public consultation on the Riverside Walk Enhancement Strategy be approved to take place over spring/summer 2014; and

b)    authority be delegated to the Director of the Built Environment to finalise the details of the relevant consultation material in liaison with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Streets and Walkways Sub-Committee.

A report of the Director of the Built Environment was received which set out the Mayor of London’s Vision for Cycling in Central London.

During the discussion, reference was made to the following –

·         Members noted that in addition to what was proposed, it could be possible that additional routes could be delivered by 2016;

·         In looking at the concept of ‘quietways’, it was hoped that additional ‘quietways’ could be provided;

·         Members considered that the example signage on page 67 suggested the cyclist was travelling at speed could send out the wrong message – The Assistant Director advised that signage was being worked through technically and consideration of some of the proposed designs would be given to by the London Councils TEC in July 2014;

RESOVLED – That the report be received.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.

MOTION – That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act as follows:-

RESOLVED: That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

To agree the non-public Minutes of the meeting held on 10 March 2014.

RESOLVED – That the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 10 March 2014 be approved.

To receive a presentation from the Assistant Director (Local Transportation).

The Assistant Director provided details of the draft plans for the Cycle Superhighway.

RECEIVED.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.