Councillors to agree next steps over Clevedon active travel scheme
A 'report for consideration' has been published today, which councillors will discuss at a meeting next week
We'll find out very soon what should happen next with the controversial active travel scheme in Clevedon.
A report's been published today - making a number of recommendations - after a review last week found a number of changes needed to be made.
The council say they'll work out what work will be done, and how it'll be funded, after a meeting next Wednesday.
The independent review looked at the changes made to Clevedon seafront and Hill Road, and made a number of key recommendations, which councillors will now be considering.
These include:
- Implementing the recommendations of the scheme’s safety audit
- Retaining the one way system and changes to Hill Road
- Requesting council officers develop options for funding and implementation of the review’s recommendations for more substantial changes to the scheme on The Beach
- Approving further engagement with Active Travel England, ward members and Clevedon Town Council on the next steps
- Agreeing that another report should be considered at a special meeting of the council’s Executive in March 2024 for the purpose of setting out potential funding options for the recommended changes and a way forward
Cllr Hannah Young, Executive Member for Highways and Transport said: “I’m pleased that we’re able to get the review’s findings in front of the Executive so soon after receiving the report and having shared it with the public.
“With Executive approval of the next steps we’ll be able to progress quickly with developing detailed proposals for scheme changes, costing these and identifying funding options and timescales.
“Executive will then be in a position to agree the extent of the work, how to fund it and when changes should be made at a special meeting in March.”
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You will be able to watch the council meeting next Wednesday here.
The full review report and a short summary document can be found here.