Issue - meetings

Our Place and Environment: Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) – Pokesdown and Southbourne

This report considers the outcome of public consultation on proposed alterations to parking and restrictions along Seabourne Road (and adjoining streets), Southbourne Grove and Southbourne Road aimed at improving journey times and reliability for buses and general traffic whilst balancing the needs of residents and businesses.

The report recommends full consideration of the consultation outputs and implementation of the measures proposed.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED that Cabinet approved that the scheme (as per Appendix A) is delivered as proposed.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holders: Climate Response, Environment and Energy

Destination, Leisure and Commercial Operations

Reasons

Feedback from the public consultation was fully considered. It is recommended that the scheme is delivered as proposed.

The recommended scheme shall:

· improve reliability for bus passengers

· reduce overall journey times for all road users

· reduce congestion and emissions

· improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians

· safeguard limited wait parking for local businesses whilst balancing the needs of local residents

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Destination, Leisure and Commercial Operations presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'D' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Cabinet was advised that the report considered the outcome of public consultation on proposed alterations to parking and restrictions along Seabourne Road (and adjoining streets), Southbourne Grove and Southbourne Road aimed at improving journey times and reliability for buses and general traffic whilst balancing the needs of residents and businesses.

Further to this Cabinet was informed that the report recommended full consideration of the consultation outputs and implementation of the measures proposed.

Councillor George Farquhar addressed the Cabinet advising that he had been involved in the consultation and thanked officers whose engagement had been invaluable. Further to this Councillor Farquhar expressed the need for parking enforcement along the route, and requested that the bus company be able to record and report enforcement issues. In addition Councillor Farquhar requested that the bus company be encouraged to install benches to encourage older people to travel and the reinstatement of litter bins.

Cabinet members spoke in support of the report and of the proactiveness of MoreBus.

The Portfolio Holder in summing up advised that he would speak to the bus company with regards to the bins and the benches and that he would ask enforcement to pick up the areas raised by Councillor Farquhar.