Agenda item

Alderman Alison Gowman to be heard.

The Committee heard a verbal update from the Special Interest Area Lead for Road Safety and Casualty Reduction.

The SIA Lead explained that the Chairman of Planning had been working in collaboration with the Commissioner on some initiatives in this area recently.

The SIA Lead advised Members that a change in protocol meant that no penalty notices would be issued by Police Officers on the street from now onwards.  This would allow for more consistent decision making to be made following due consideration of an initial incident report.

The SIA Lead explained that there had been a significant effort to improve education in Road Safety, particularly around the Bike Safe campaign.

The SIA Lead explained that the Road Safety Reduction Plan was available in the public domain.  The plan utilised Project Servator, and increased manpower available in traffic enforcement.

The SIA Lead explained that there was a shortage of forensic officers available to investigate Road Traffic Accidents.  She raised the concern that outsourcing these roles to the Metropolitan Police would lead to longer road closures.  However, she also confirmed that a new Member of staff had begun in January.

RESOLVED – That the SIA Lead be heard.