Agenda item

To consider the report of the Executive Director Environment.

A Member expressed disappointment at the report’s recommendations and suggested that the issue had been mishandled and the voices of City workers ignored. The Member also suggested that the Corporation’s response to Bank of China, who had nevertheless raised legitimate objections, had been unduly favourable and that there had been no Ward involvement. The Member commented that there was sufficient parking space for a motorcycle bay covering a maximum of one parking space, and that the London Wall parking facility was not convenient for City workers. The Member suggested that option 4 was a fair, reasonable, and balanced proposal to replicate motorcycle parking provision that had already been provided.

A Member commented that most of the spaces appeared to be used by commercial vehicles for the essential servicing of nearby businesses.

A Member commented that the London Wall motorcycle parking facility was a short enough distance away to accommodate motorcycle users, and that there were other motorcycle bays nearby. The meeting heard that other bays were already well-used.

A Member asked why the motorcycle bay had ever been situated so close to Bank of China given the subsequent objections by Bank of China, and the meeting heard that Bank of China had been consulted twice, but had not realised the turning circle implications at the time.

The meeting heard that either an informal consultation or a statutory traffic consultation would be required were a proposal to allocate a space to motorcycle parking be taken forward. 

RESOLVED, That Members ask for a proposal around the provision of a bay elsewhere on the same street, to encompass consultation of relevant stakeholders including local Ward members, focussing particularly on option 4.

RESOLVED, That Members grant Delegated Authority to the Chair and Deputy Chair in respect of decisions relating to the Old Jewry motorcycle parking bay.