Decision - Safer, Better Streets - Infrastructure Priority Framework

This report expands on the Pedestrian Priority Methodology and broadens the assessment criteria to help assess and deliver safer and better street infrastructure. The report outlines the methodology used to assess requests for improvements and identifies the assessment criteria, process and typical outcomes.

1) That the Environment Transport & Sustainability Committee approves the Safer, Better Streets – Highway Improvement Prioritisation Framework and grants permission to commence the assessment of outstanding concerns, listed in Appendix 1. 2) That the Environment Transport & Sustainability Committee requests a review of the criteria listed to consider other metrics over and above the assessments outlined in the pre-qualification criteria outlined in Appendix 2, to ensure issues such as midnight ' joyriders' or regular non-peak time speeding are not overlooked, and report back on this review for committee approval. 3) That the Environment Transport & Sustainability Committee notes that future concerns will be assessed under this framework and priority locations will be reported every six months at Committee to enable swift action if any new schemes highlight unintended accident spots, for example. Priority improvement measures will be recommended at Committee and implemented, subject to available funding, through the LTP's capital programme or external funding streams. 4) That the Environment Transport & Sustainability Committee agrees that in clarification of paragraph 4.5 of this report, officers will still consider requests from members of the public following petitions and deputations to committee, if committee members vote to refer said requests from petitions/deputations to the framework.

The committee was asked to approve the Safer, Better Streets – Highway Improvement Prioritisation Framework and begin assessing outstanding concerns. The amended recommendations also required a review of the assessment criteria, quarterly reporting of priority locations, and consideration of public requests referred by committee members.