Issue - meetings

Assembly received a report from Councillor McCarthy, the Cabinet Member for Regeneration on the Second Local Implementation Plan (LIP2) setting out the Council’s transport strategy for 2011/12 to 2013/14.

Assembly noted that the draft LIP2 had been the subject of extensive consultation and while the fundamental principles of the LIP2 were unaffected several amendments had been put forward, the main aspects being a new indicator to monitor bus journey time, reference to the importance of River Roding Bridge for the Barking to Royal Docks Bus Corridor scheme and added emphasis given to residential 20 mph zones.

Members discussed:

·  the enforcement of 20 mph zones

·  traffic congestion in the borough, particularly the A13

·  public transport access to local hospitals and hospitals in neighbouring boroughs

·  public transport links from Barking to Stratford to give residents of the borough access to job vacancies at the Westfield Centre

·  the use of the River Thames to move freight

Councillor Vincent, Cabinet Member for Environment advised the Assembly that this borough and the London Borough of Havering were lobbying Transport for London regarding public transport access to Queen's Hospital in Romford.

Assembly agreed to approve the changes to the draft Second Local Implementation Plan and submit the final version of the document to Transport for London.

Further to Minute 63 (23 November 2010), the Cabinet Member for Environment presented a report on the Second Local Implementation Plan (LIP2) setting out the Council’s transport strategy for 2011/12 to 2013/14.

The draft LIP2 had been the subject of extensive consultation and while the fundamental principles of the LIP2 were unaffected several amendments had been put forward, the main aspects being a new indicator to monitor bus journey time, reference to the importance of River Roding Bridge for the Barking to Royal Docks Bus Corridor scheme and added emphasis given to residential 20 mph zones.

In respect of bus services, the Cabinet Member for Environment advised that he had recently attended a meeting with Transport for London (TfL) where the provision of additional bus services in the borough has been raised and while TfL had acknowledged that there was a need to increase capacity it was unable to give any firm commitments.  Officers confirmed that the former University of East London site development included a Section 106 funding agreement towards an enhanced No. 5 bus service, and it was suggested that the No. 238 route should also be taken into account.

Cabinet agreed to recommend the Assembly to approve the updated Second Local Implementation Plan (LIP2) for submission to TfL.