Hertfordshire Highways Joint Member Panel - 4 February 2010


Location: Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House

This meeting was originally scheduled for 27 January  but was adjourned and reconvened for 4 February.  Agenda items still to be discussed are 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16. 

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers District Council Offices, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Wednesday, 4 February 2010 at 7pm.

Members of the Panel:-

District Councillors:-

Stephen Giles-Medhurst

Ann Shaw OBE



Pam Hames

Ron Spellen



David Sansom

Martin Trevett (Vice-Chairman)







County Councillors:-

Frances Button

Paul Goggins (Chairman)



Steve Drury

Chris Hayward



Deirdre Gates

Barbara Lamb MBE

David Gardner, Director of Corporate Resources and Governance
13 January 2010

The Panel welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items.  Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes.  Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Panel.  Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.





1.

INTRODUCTIONS AND APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE





2.

MINUTES OF LAST MEETING







To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of 14 October 2009 and consider any matters arising (copy enclosed for Members of the Panel).

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3.

NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS







Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency.  The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.





4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST







To receive any declarations of interest.





5.

SCHOOL TRAVEL PLANS UPDATE







Presentation by the School Travel Planning Team.





6.

HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORT STRATEGIES AND GUIDANCE UPDATE







The purpose of this report is to advise members about a number of guidance documents which have recently been developed which provide information on how transport schemes are identified, programmed and funded. In addition to this the report will explain changes to the Hertfordshire Speed Management Strategy. These documents have been developed by the Transport, Programmes and Strategies group (TPS) of Hertfordshire Highways.

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7.

WINTER SERVICE OPERATIONAL PLAN 2009/10







The purpose of this report is to provide information to Members about the 2009/10 Winter Service Operational Plan and explain the operating principles.

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8.

PETITIONS UPDATE







A three minute presentation by a representative on a petition that has 30 signatures or more.  The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

To update Members on the petitions presented to the panel and the progress being made with any approved actions and schemes.

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9.

BRIDLINGTON ROAD, SOUTH OXHEY - MARKET







To inform Members about the status of the Bridlington Road, experimental ‘prohibition of driving’ traffic regulation order 2008.

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10.

ST CLEMENT DANES SCHOOL, CHORLEYWOOD – HIGHWAYS ISSUES







The purpose of this report is to update the panel on the findings of further investigations to improve the highway environment for students and other road users in the vicinity of St Clement Danes School, Chenies Road (A404), Chorleywood.

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11.

SECTION 106 CONTRIBUTIONS







The purpose of this report is to advise members of the current status of section 106 contributions for the Three Rivers District held by Hertfordshire County Council and to seek member’s comments on the use of funds.

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12.

DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AND LOCAL WORKS PROGRAMME







To update Members on the Discretionary Budget Programme and other locally delivered works programmes under the control of the area highways team.

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13.

INTEGRATED WORKS PROGRAMME AND ACTIVE WORKS







To update members on the delivery of the Integrated Works Programme (IWP) for 2009/10 and other active works on the network. In addition information is provided on transport schemes and a future transport initiative to introduce a bus passenger information system.

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14.

THREE RIVERS DISTRICT COUNCIL WORKS PROGRAMME







To receive a progress report on District Council schemes for 2009/10.

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15.

OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF HERTFORDSHIRE HIGHWAYS







This report advises the Panel of the performance of Hertfordshire Highways in the Three Rivers District.

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16.

DATE OF NEXT MEETINGS







Wednesday 14 April 2010 at 6.30pm



Wednesday 7 July 2010 at 6.30pm



Wednesday 10 November 2010 at 6.30pm



Wednesday 26 January 2011 at 6.30pm



Wednesday 6 April 2011 at 6.30pm



 

17.

OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above





18.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC







If any confidential business is approved under Item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s) and a resolution to be passed in the following terms:







“That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs (1-7) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.”  It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.





1.

OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.