Decision details
Proposed Shared Use Cycleway, Quernmore Rd, Lancaster (S106 Highways Works)
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport
Decision status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: No
Purpose:
It is proposed to convert an existing footway
on the north side of Quernmore Rd between the junction opposite
Walter Lyon House and the Lancaster Moor Development, to a shared
use facility for use by pedestrians and cyclists. An uncontrolled
crossing will be provided over the Stone Row Head junction and
additional highway width will be dedicated by Lancaster City
Council.
These works form part of a Section 106 agreement.
Decision:
County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved:
(i) The removal of footway and the construction of cycle track, over which the public have a right of way on foot, from a point 63 metres east of Nightingale Hall Road to a point 98 metres west of Wentworth Drive, a total distance of 393 metres, as identified at Appendix A;
(ii) The dedication of extra highway width be taken from Lancaster City Council on land which adjoins the existing footway on the north side of Quernmore Road, as shown at Appendix A, so that the highway is widened and the proposed cycle track can be constructed, to a suitable width. The dedication to be on terms agreed by the Director of Governance, Finance and Public Services; and
(iii) That the improvements be funded by previously approved Section 106 monies at an estimated cost of £100,000.
Divisions Affected: Lancaster East;
Contact: Michelle Davies Email: michelle.davies@lancashire.gov.uk Tel: 01772 533736.
Date of decision: 10/11/2016
Effective from: 16/11/2016
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