Issue - decisions

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport gave approval to the:

1. conversion from a footway to a shared use cycle track with a right of way for pedestrians, along London Road between Frenchwood Avenue and North Road, Preston. Works considered appropriate to construct the cycleway to enable cyclists to be safely accommodated, as set out in the report and shown on the plan attached at Appendix 'A', and

2. relocation of the existing bus shelter between the two Moore Street junctions a further 1.5m away from the existing kerb edge to make sufficient space to accommodate both pedestrians and cyclists, as set out in the report and shown on the plan attached at Appendix 'B'.

3. the dedication of adjoining land in the ownership of the County Council and the taking of dedication from the City Council of adjoining land as a widening of the A6 highway should it be required for the cycletrack as set out in the report and shown on the plan attached at Appendix A.

The Committee considered a report setting out a proposal to change a footway into a shared use cycle track for pedestrians and cyclists along the A6 London Road between Frenchwood Avenue and North Road, Preston, as part of the on-going Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) works.

Resolved: That the recommendations in the report to the Cabinet Member be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.