Agenda item

To receive the report of the Executive Director, Environment, ‘TfL's Bishopsgate Experimental Closure’.

The Sub-Committee received the report of the Executive Director Environment ‘TfL’s Bishopsgate Experimental Closure’.

A Member asked for clarification around where the responsibility lay for mitigations.

Members heard that dialogue with TfL was ongoing during the experimental phase and there was a range of factors to be taken into account.

A Member commented that the Bishopsgate area was a more pleasant and safe environment and suggested that the extended pavements’ use along Gracehurch St be clearly signalled. Another Member drew attention to TfL’s adoption of Bishopsgate as a strategic highway and commented that it would impact on local roads in the City, referring particularly to paragraph 11 of the report. Members noted that Bishopsgate was strategic from the point of view of cyclists, pedestrians and public transport providers, and was heavily used by those groups of users particularly with the imminent arrival of Crossrail within the next year.

Members noted the report and noted that a further report will be brought to consider if the City Corporation should object to and/or make other representations in respect of the ETO being made permanent, in its current or modified form.