Agenda item

Report ES16047

Consistent with the Council’s Local Implementation Plan (LIP) and a provisional formula allocation of £2.482m Transport for London (TfL) funding for 2017/18, approval was sought to develop a recommended list of detailed schemes for submission to TfL on 28^th October 2016. This would be based on a programme of formula-funded projects for 2017/18 as appended to Report ES16047. 

Ring-fenced funding would also be available to support other programmes including LocalTransport Priorities, Principal Road Maintenance, Bridges and Structures, and the Beckenham Town Centre major scheme.

All schemes would be subject to normal consultation with residents and Ward Members and Portfolio Holder decision.

Cllr David Cartwright (Mottingham and Chislehurst North Ward) noted that there appeared to be more automated bus arrival time indicators at bus stops in neighbouring areas of L B Greenwich and L B Lewisham. Officers would enquire with TfL on the level of bus stop indicators in L B Bromley compared with other boroughs. On the basis that indicators could be sited at stops within areas of greatest bus use, the Portfolio Holder understood there may have been discussion at TfL on financial capping which could have impacted the installation of indicators before L B Bromley had been reached. The Chairman suggested finding some specific examples in the borough where indicators should ideally be sited; alternatively, the matter could be raised at the next Public Transport Liaison meeting.  

Cllr Ellie Harmer (Plaistow and SundridgeWard) also highlighted a problem at Sundridge Park railway station. Cllr Harmer considered the side of the station secluded and poorly lit, the location having become a trouble spot with a drugs problem understood to be present nearby. The station exit was considered dangerous in the dark. Cllr Harmer asked how it might be possible to take her concerns forward so they could be best addressed; dealing with TfL had been difficult and there seemed no staff presence at the station. Officers offered to look into the problem and with further details from Cllr Harmer would take the matter forward.  

In response to a question from the Chairman concerning the Borough’s Cycling Programme, there was doubt on whether further one-off TfL funding would be available for the programme as its funding stream supporting the (former) Mayor’s Cycling Vision had now ceased. However, the proposed programme of formula-funded projects 2017/18 for LIP funding included cycling investment and this would continue. A Cycling Quietway route would be finalised in November 2016 and a further proposed Quietway might also be finalised although it had recently encountered design problems and might not qualify for TfL funding.   

RESOLVED that the Portfolio Holder be recommended to agree that:

(1)  the programme of schemes for 2017/18, outlined at Enclosure 1 to Report ES16047, be approved for submission to TfL; and

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