Issue - meetings

Report ES14072

L B Bromley has a formula allocation of £2.4m from Transport for London (TfL) for 2015/16. Ring-fenced funding will also be available to support a number of other programmes.

It is largely for boroughs to determine how the formula allocation will be spent, (provided spend reflects the Mayor’s Transport Strategy) and early next month a list of schemes will be provided to TfL for 2015/16. Report ES14072 sought approval for the list.

In discussion it was confirmed that all Council provided cycle training (for children and adults) is provided free of charge. It is fully funded by TfL,  including LBB staff time to provide the training. As such it would not be appropriate for the Council to charge for adult cycle training.

Attention was also drawn to a casualty “hot spot” at the junction of Green Lane and High Street Penge. A range of options to improve the junction would be presented to Ward Members followed by a report to the Portfolio Holder in the New Year. The cost of a scheme was expected be covered by TfL Local Implementation Plan (LIP) funding although officers were exploring whether it would be possible to tap into alternative funding linked to the public realm scheme for Penge. 

RESOLVED that the Portfolio Holder be recommended to agree that:

(1) the programme of formula funded schemes for 2015/16 outlined at Enclosure 1 to Report ES14072 be approved for submission to Transport for London; and

(2) the Executive Director of Environment and Community Services, in consultation with the Environment Portfolio Holder, be authorised to make post-submission changes to the programme to reflect necessary changes on priority, potential implementation delays following detailed design and consultation, or other unforeseen events.