The Committee received a report that had been prepared following a request made by Councillor Cross, Chair of the Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport Committee, for the Committee to conduct an overview and scrutiny exercise focusing on the implementation of the Council’s Active Travel Strategy.

The report set out the process for the Committee to establish a Councillor-led, cross-party task-and-finish group to scrutinise the implementation of the Council’s Active Travel Strategy and to assess the effectiveness of the delivery of its objectives. The proposed terms of reference for the task-and-finish group were attached to the report at Appendix 1.

The report explained that Group Leaders had been consulted and had put forward the names of councillors from their respective groups to sit on the task-and-finish group. The proposed membership of the group was set out in the report and in the terms of reference.

At the meeting it was proposed that the terms of reference should be amended to emphasise the need for the task-and-finish group to look at equality and inclusivity objectives within the Local Transport Plan within the context of active travel.

Resolved –

(1)           That a task-and-finish group be established to scrutinise the implementation of the Council’s active travel strategy;

(2)           That point 5 within the terms of reference, as attached to the report at Appendix 1, be amended to read as follows:

“5.      To assess how the implementation of active travel schemes is meeting the Council's Local Transport Plan objectives especially inclusion and equality of access.”

(3)           That, subject to (2) above, the terms of reference of the task-and-finish group, as set out in Appendix 1 of report, be agreed;

(4)           That the membership of the task-and-finish group, as set out in section 3 of the report, be agreed;

(5)           That a report be submitted to a future meeting of the Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport Committee setting out the task-and-finish group’s findings and recommendations.