Decision details

Seek Approval for the implementation Traffic Filters ETRO.

Cabinet amended the recommendations and agreed as follows to:

(a)            approve the making of an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (or Orders) introducing six traffic filters in Oxford as described in Annex 8, subject to further minor changes (including adopting any Scrutiny recommendations as agreed by Cabinet) to allow the scheme to operate as intended without affecting the scheme outcomes;

(b)            authorise delegation to the Corporate Director for Environment and Place to make and implement the necessary Experimental Traffic Regulation Order(s) and make and implement any relevant adjustments to the scheme once it is in force and for Cabinet to be informed of any changes;

(c)             noting that an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order allows the council to adjust the scheme once it is in force, authorise the Corporate Director for Environment and Place (in consultation with the Director for Law and Governance and the Cabinet Member for Travel and Development Strategy) to make changes to the experimental scheme before it comes into force, provided that these changes do not materially alter the scheme’s impacts, particularly in relation to bus journey time savings and

(d)            approve the development and implementation of the infrastructure and supporting systems required for the traffic filters, at an estimated cost of £6.458m.