Issue - meetings

Cabinet considered a report recommending a change of use regarding the present footway on the A583 Blackpool Road, west of its junction with the Kirkham Bypass roundabout, to a shared-use cycle track and the installation of a toucan crossing as part of Section 278 highway improvements.

Resolved: That

  i.  the removal of footway and the installation of a proposed 3m wide shared use cycle track and toucan crossing, located at the roundabout junction of the A583 and A585, where the southern end of the Kirkham and Wesham bypass meets Blackpool Road (detailed in the report) be approved.

  ii.  that the S278 funding for this scheme, estimated at £235,000, be added to the 2017/18 Highways Block of the capital programme as it is envisaged that this funding will be required in 2017/18.