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To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 5 September 2024 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/287

Contact: Jacqui Cox, Infrastructure Locality Lead – Cherwell & West Oxfordshire (Jacqui.Cox@oxfordshire.gov.uk) and Colm McAllister, Senior Transport Planner (Colm.McAllister@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT5).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve in principle the preferred scheme to take forward into the preliminary and detailed design stage for the Cherwell Street Bus Service Improvement Scheme.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/257

Contact: Meg Hopkins, Senior Transport Planner (Meg.Hopkins@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT6).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

Approve as advertised, the amendment of existing & introduction of new ‘on-carriageway’ cycle parking places within Oxford, as follows:

a)    Brasenose Lane – extend existing & introduce new provision on the north side,

b)    Broad Street – introduce new provision in the central area,

c)    Ship Street – extend existing provision on the south side,

d)    Queens Lane - extend existing provision on the west side,

e)    Leopold Street – introduce new provision on the north & south sides, replacing parts of existing car parking bays,

f)     Observatory Street – introduce new provision on the north side,

g)    South Parade – introduce new provision on the south side, replacing parts of existing car parking bays.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/284

Contact: Jankin Arsalan, Senior Officer – Traffic and Road Safety (Jankin.Arsalan@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director for Environment and Highways (CMDTMT7).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve the construction of a Zebra crossing on Faringdon Road in Abingdon, as advertised.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/250

Contact: Anthony Kirkwood, Vision Zero Team Leader (Anthony.Kirkwood@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT8).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

Approve the following speed limit changes, as advertised:

A.   50mph speed limits:

a)    A420 (Shrivenham) – from the existing 50mph speed limit at Bourton, north-eastwards to the existing 50mph speed limit terminal northeast of the Watchfield roundabout,

b)    A420 (Faringdon) – from the existing 50mph speed limit at Great/Little Coxwell, north-eastwards to the existing 50mph speed limit terminal at Wadley Lodge/Manor at Littleworth,

c)    Faringdon Road (Watchfield) – from its roundabout junction with the A420 Oxford Road, south-westwards for a distance of 25 metres,

d)    Fernham Road (Little Coxwell) – from its junction with the A420, southwards to a point 30 metres south of its junction with Bridleway No.278/2/10,

e)    Park Road (Faringdon) – from its junction with the A420, north-westwards for a distance of 34 metres,

f)     London Street (Faringdon) – from its junction with the A420, westwards for a distance of 60 metres; and

g)    A417 Stanford Road (Faringdon) – from its junction with the A420, south-eastwards to the current 50mph speed limit, a distance of approx. 105 metres.

B.   40mph speed limit:

h)    London Street (Faringdon) – from a point 60 metres west of the A420, to the 20mph speed limit east of its junction with Sudbury Court.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/191

Contact: Anthony Kirkwood, Vision Zero Team Leader (Anthony.Kirkwood@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT9).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve the proposed introduction of 20mph, 30mph and 40mph speed limits in Cholsey as advertised.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/180

Contact: Anthony Kirkwood, Vision Zero Team Leader (Anthony.Kirkwood@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT10).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve the proposed introduction of 20mph speed limits in Drayton, as advertised.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/189

Contact: Anthony Kirkwood, Vision Zero Team Leader (Anthony.Kirkwood@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT11).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve the proposed introduction of 20mph speed limits in Drayton St Leonard, as advertised.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/183

Contact: Anthony Kirkwood, Vision Zero Team Leader (Anthony.Kirkwood@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT12).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve the proposed introduction of 20mph speed limits in Duns Tew, as advertised.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/259

Contact: Anthony Kirkwood, Vision Zero Team Leader (Anthony.Kirkwood@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT13).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve the proposed introduction of 20mph and 30mph speed limits in Langford, as advertised.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/249

Contact: Dave Harrison, Public Transport Team Leader (Dave.Harrison@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT14).

The information in this case is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed categories:

3. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

The annex containing exempt information under the above paragraph is attached.

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)           Approve a procurement process to secure new and continued bus service provision following the expiry of 17 existing contracts, 3 of which require a Key Decision;

(b)           Approve use of surplus ENCTS and LABSG for new contracts as detailed in Exempt Annex A;

(c)           Approve the business case for the spend set out in this Report and to delegate authority to the Director of Environment & Highways in consultation with the Head of Legal & Deputy Monitoring Officer and the Head of Procurement & Contract Management to:

Commence procurement processes to secure the services outlined below;

Carry out the selection of the winning tenderers in accordance with the selection criteria set out in any procurement documentation and within the budget envelope for the respective services, and award the contracts to those providers;

Negotiate and conclude the terms of any contractual arrangements required to deliver the services including entering into all necessary legal documentation; and

Take any further steps necessary to ensure that continuity of services can be achieved should any further commercial routes be withdrawn or reduced.