Issue - meetings

To note the comments made by the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee at its meeting held on 11 July 2016 after the Committee received a presentation from Mr Alan Lindsay (Essex County Council’s Transport Strategy and Engagement Manager Transportation, Planning and Development) on Highway issues such as the A.120 roundabout, A.133 update (particularly considering recent fatal accidents) and the Manningtree Railway Bridge Bottleneck.

That:

(a)    a letter regarding forward funding of the traffic lights at Manningtree be sent from the Leader of the Council and that, at the same time, the opportunity be taken to remind Essex County Council of their obligations in relation to highways maintenance particularly in rural areas; and

(b)    the comments from the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee in relation to the Local Highways Panel and funding assistance regarding flooding be agreed.

It was reported that, at its meeting held on 11 July 2016, the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee had received a presentation from Mr Alan Lindsay (Essex County Council’s Transport Strategy and Engagement Manager Transportation, Planning and Development) on Highway issues such as the A.120 roundabout, A.133 update (particularly considering recent fatal accidents) and the Manningtree Railway Bridge Bottleneck.

Following that presentation the Committee had agreed to make recommendations to Cabinet as follows:

“(a) that a letter be sent to Essex County Council urging them to forward fund £150,000 to enable the traffic lights at Manningtree to be installed as soon as possible with the funding to be recovered from S.106 agreements as developments proceeded;

(b)   that all Members, through engagement with their County Councillor, be encouraged to submit schemes to the Local Highways Panel and to attend the regular meetings; and

(c)   that the availability of funding to assist householders with flooding be investigated and promoted with home owners in affected areas as appropriate.”

Having considered the recommendations of the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee:-

It was moved by Councillor G V Guglielmi, seconded by Councillor Turner and:-

RESOLVED that:

(a)    a letter regarding forward funding of the traffic lights at Manningtree be sent from the Leader of the Council and that, at the same time, the opportunity be taken to remind Essex County Council of their obligations in relation to highways maintenance particularly in rural areas; and

(b)    the comments from the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee in relation to the Local Highways Panel and funding assistance regarding flooding be agreed.