Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Place and Sustainability – to advise on the Local Implementation plan / funding and how the Area Committee can feed into and  make changes/additions to this – particularly in relation to areas such as road safety, cycle routes, moving bus stops, new bus routes, road and footway maintenance, de-cluttering of pavements

In the absence of officers to introduce the item the Chair commented that in terms of the local implementation plan (LIP) funding and how the Area Committee can feed into and  make changes/additions to this- this particularly related to areas such as road safety, cycle routes, moving bus stops, new bus routes, road and footway maintenance, and de-cluttering of pavements. The Chair commented that in terms of distribution of funds the 4 wards of this Committee/Forum represented almost a quarter of the Borough and yet only a small proportion of the total amount was spent there.

In terms of where monies could be spent within the LIP the Chair suggested previous resident requested examples such as quality Footway replacement in Muswell Hill shopping centre and Bakers Lane Gyratory system replacement and also the Muswell Hill roundabout to Turnpike Lane corridor which had been a reserve project in the draft 2010 LIP.could be appropriate projects to receive funding.

Councillor Solomon suggested Colney Hatch Lane and Alexandra Park Road road junction system as a potential  LIP item, and Councillor Hare referred to previous requests to the Council for TFL funding to replace the Bakers Lane gyratory system.

The Chair advised that the next Forum/Committee would concentrate on the LIP funding as a main agenda item.

Councillor Newton referred to page 45 of the agenda pack and the reference to footway resurfacing being carried out in Fortis Green and Muswell Hill wards and commented that clarification was needed as to where this work was being carried out. 

The Chair summarised and it was:

RESOLVED

i.                    that at the next Forum/Committee on 29 March 2012 there would be an item on both parts of the meeting in respect of Local Improvement Plans incorporating in particular those items raised during the discussion; and

ii.                  that clarification be sought as to the locations of the footway resurfacing in Fortis Green and Muswell Hill wards as referred to in page 45 of the circulated report.