Issue - meetings

To consider installation of a bus stop on Battens Drive to serve Arrow Valley Country Centre.

(Report attached)

RECOMMENDED that

1)         approval be given for the allocation of the sum of £10,245.00 for the provision of a bus stop and connecting footpath from Battens Drive to Arrow Valley Countryside Centrewithin the Capital Programme; and

RESOLVED that, if approved,

2)         approval be given to incur up to the expenditure detailed above, in accordance with Standing Order 41.

(Members asked that due recognition be paid to other Councillors, including Councillors Thomas and Pearce, in facilitating the installation of this amenity).

The Committee considered a report setting out a proposal for provision of a bus stop on Battens Drive and a connecting footpath to the Arrow Valley Countryside Centre. At this stage the proposed facility was basic and did not incorporate a shelter.

Both First Bus and Hardings were working with the Council at present to provide a service to this stop. The service was only intended to be off-peak although it could also be used as a park and ride stop in due course for events in the Park.

Members were pleased to note the progress that had been made on this scheme since it had first come through as a recommendation from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee. In that respect, it was suggested that due recognition be paid to other Councillors, including Councillors Thomas and Pearce, in facilitating the installation of this amenity.

RECOMMENDED that

1)         approval be given for the allocation of the sum of £10,245.00 for the provision of a bus stop and connecting footpath from Battens Drive to Arrow Valley Countryside Centrewithin the Capital Programme; and

RESOLVED that, if approved,

2)         approval be given to incur up to the expenditure detailed above, in accordance with Standing Order 41.