Decision details

The Cabinet will be presented with an update on parking related issues and be asked to approve a rolling three- year programme for the implementation of new parking schemes which will include any new technology required for the correct enforcement of an area, together with proposals to generate income and / or enable better use of pay and display areas by cashless parking and Controlled Parking Zones.

Cabinet resolved:

(i)  To approve a three-year capital investment programme for 2013/14 - 2015/16 totalling £1.18m to be funded through borrowing, the main elements of the programme being:

(a)  £0.51m for the development and implementation of parking schemes, as outlined in paragraph 3.4 of the report.

(b)  £0.67m for the final phases of the Parking Modernisation Programme as outlined in paragraph 4.7 of the report.

(ii)  To approve the implementation of cashless payment methods as set out in the report, subject to the Corporate Director of Housing and Environment, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Crime, Justice and Communities, being authorised to vary the implementation arrangements in response to comments received from the draft Traffic Order public consultation.