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As part of a national programme, the Council was allocated £1.89m of Safer Roads Fund (SRF) grant by the Department for Transport (DfT) for road safety improvements along the A35 between Iford roundabout and St Pauls roundabout in Bournemouth. 

The recommendation is aligned with the emerging new Corporate Strategy and the Council Climate Action Strategy 2023 to 2028

This report considers the outcome of the public consultation on the 20mph proposals in Boscombe and Pokesdown.

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.

The 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 'E' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Cabinet was advised that as part of a national programme, the Council was allocated £1.89m of Safer Roads Fund (SRF) grant by the Department for Transport (DfT) for road safety improvements along the A35 between Iford roundabout and St Pauls roundabout in Bournemouth. 

Cabinet was informed that the recommendation is aligned with the emerging new Corporate Strategy and the Council Climate Action Strategy 2023 to 2028 and considered the outcome of the public consultation on the 20mph proposals in Boscombe and Pokesdown.

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.

As part of a national programme, the Council was allocated £1.89m of Safer Roads Fund (SRF) grant by the Department for Transport (DfT) for road safety improvements along the A35 between Iford roundabout and St Pauls roundabout in Bournemouth. 

The recommendation is aligned with the emerging new Corporate Strategy and the Council Climate Action Strategy 2023 to 2028

This report considers the outcome of the public consultation on the 20mph proposals in Boscombe and Pokesdown.

The Head of Transport and Sustainable Travel 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.

This project stemmed from a nationwide study conducted by the Department of Transport and the road safety foundation which looked at collisions along roads in the UK.

As a result of that study BCP Council was invited to apply for funding to improve safety along the A35 corridor.

BCP Council were successful and was awarded 1.89m from the safer road fund.  In total there have been 165 collisions resulting in 178 casualties along that stretch of road.

As part of the bid process for funding BCP Council were required to use a specialist software tool called IRAP which was provided by the Department for Transport and Road Safety foundation.

The software looked at how likely the proposal is to reduce the severity of future collisions and cost effectiveness of the scheme.

A public consultation on these proposals took place last March and April.  The feedback was shared with local ward councillors, portfolio holders and the public. More information on that can be found on your say website.

Following the review of the consultation feedback and discussions with ward councillors, portfolio holders and morebus some adjustments were made to the original 20 mile zone extension proposal.

There were 56 objections to the TRA consultation, 16 in support, 37 objections and 5 general comments.

The scheme was funded by the Department of Transport through the road safety fund and was ringfenced money designed to address high casualty rates on a road.

Along that stretch of the A35 there were 165 recorded collisions and 187 casualties.  The scheme supported active and sustainable travel and lined up with BCP council’s goals for climate action and sustainable travel.

Pedestrian crossings were included in the money and some had already been installed in Pokesdown station towards the project.

TAG were informed that enforcement of the 20mph limit would be down to Dorset Police with their relationship with safe road partnership who BCP Council road safety team work on all speeding matters.

RESOLVED that the Transportation Advisory Group (TAG) recommends to Cabinet that the 20mph scheme is implemented as proposed. 

Voting: Unanimous