Decision details
Our Place and Environment: Safer Roads Fund – 20mph Boscombe and Pokesdown (S107)
Decision Maker: Transportation Advisory Group, Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Present Traffic Regulation Order (TRO)
consultation outputs for proposed 20mph speed limits in Boscombe
and Pokesdown as part of Safer Roads Fund Programme. For
decision.
Decision:
RESOLVED that Cabinet approved that the 20mph scheme is implemented as proposed.
Voting: Unanimous
Portfolio Holders: Climate Response, Environment and Energy
Destination, Leisure and Commercial Operations
Reasons
(a) Feedback from the public consultation was fully considered. It is recommended that the scheme is delivered as proposed.
(b) The Department for Transport (DfT) awarded the council £1,890,00 to make safety improvements along the A35 corridor as per the Safer Roads Fund bid proposal for round 3 funding.
(c) The investment of the SRF funding is aligned with the Council’s Corporate Strategy and the Climate and Ecological Emergency Action Plan.
Report author: Richard Pincroft
Publication date: 20/06/2025
Date of decision: 18/06/2025
Decided at meeting: 18/06/2025 - Cabinet
Accompanying Documents:
- Our Place and Environment: Safer Roads Fund – 20mph Boscombe and Pokesdown Report
PDF 300 KB - Appendix A - S107 Safer Roads Funds Deposit Document
PDF 14 MB
- Appendix B - S107 Outcomes and recommendations
PDF 270 KB
- Appendix C - EIA Screening
PDF 408 KB
- Appendix D - Safer Roads Fund 20mph Boscombe and Pokesdown Presentation
PDF 1 MB