Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Environment and Resident Experience.  To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Climate Action, Environment and Transport, and Deputy Leader of the Council.

Many residents, particularly those who live in flats in the borough find it difficult to keep bicycles at home due to a lack of storage space. The Council, therefore, has a commitment and a rolling programme to provide more secure cycle storage facilities on-street and off-street at suitable locations for residents' use. This report is to award a contract to supply, install, manage and maintain cycle storage facilities on behalf of the Council.

The Cabinet Member for Climate Action, Environment and Transport, and Deputy Leader of the Council, introduced the report which sought approval to award a contract to the preferred bidder for a total value of £908k+VAT to supply, install, manage and maintain cycle storage facilities in the borough on behalf of the Council.

In response to questions from Councillor da Costa, the following was noted:

-               It was difficult to be specific on the number of cycle hangers that would be installed, but officers would seek to maximise the amount as much as possible through single traffic management orders.

Following consideration of exempt information at item 25 it was,

RESOLVED to

1.            Approve the award of a contract to the preferred Bidder, pursuant to a call-off from a framework agreement set up by Waltham Forest Council, as allowed under CSO 7.01(b), for three years with an option for a two-year extension exercisable at the Council’s sole discretion, to supply, install, manage and maintain cycle storage facilities in the borough.

Reasons for decision

Encouraging more people to cycle is a vital part of Haringey Council's plan to tackle congestion, improve air quality, promote physical activity and improve accessibility.  The Council is committed to the promotion of cycling as a serious mode of transport.

One of the barriers to taking up cycling by residents’ is the lack of safe place to store their bicycle. This contract is being awarded to address this barrier by ensuring that more cycle storage units are installed on and off-street at suitable locations across the borough for residents’ use.

The scope of work required includes supplying,installing, managing, and maintaining cycle storage facilities and associated equipment.

Alternative options considered

A do-nothing approach was considered but this was rejected as it would be against the Council's commitment to providing more secure cycle storage units (cycle hangars) on and off street, for residents’ use.