Agenda item

To agree the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on 16 July 2018.

Resolution to the Planning and Transportation Committee regarding Finsbury Circus – Closure of Highway to Vehicle Access

Resolution to the Planning and Transportation Committee regarding Finsbury Circus – Closure of Highway to Vehicle Access

The Town Clerk noted that a resolution to the Planning and Transportation Committee regarding the continued closure of Finsbury Circus Garden was pending. Members therefore agreed to submit an updated resolution to the Planning and Transportation Committee, noting that given the section of highway between Finsbury Circus and Moorgate had been closed for over six years due to Crossrail, and in light of the delay to the opening of Crossrail until 2020 at the earliest, it was the view of the Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee that the section of highway should remain closed to vehicles once Crossrail had vacated Finsbury Circus, to provide some pedestrian amenity.

RESOLVED, that the views of the Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee regarding the potential to close the section of highway between Finsbury Circus and Moorgate in order to create some pedestrian amenity be communicated to the Planning and Transportation Committee.