Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Service Growth Manager seeking endorsement of a response to Cambridgeshire County Council’s consultation on the first Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for the county.

Executive Councillor: J Neish.

The Cabinet has

(a)  endorsed the walking and cycling routes prioritised within Huntingdonshire and agreed the Council’s response to the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan consultation as outlined in Appendix 1 of the report; and

(b)  endorsed continued engagement with Cambridgeshire County Council to influence the inclusion of Ramsey in successor cycling and walking infrastructure plans.

With the aid of a report prepared by the Strategic Growth Manager (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet gave consideration to a report outlining the consultation being undertaken by Cambridgeshire County Council on the first Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan. A draft response on behalf of Huntingdonshire District Council had been set out in Appendix 1 of the report. 

Following a brief introduction from the Executive Councillor for Strategic Planning and the Senior Implementation Officer, the Cabinet noted the omission of Ramsey from the proposed Plan and the exclusion of St Ives bus station as a node on the map. Having been acquainted with the views of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Performance and Growth), it was

RESOLVED

that the Cabinet

(a)  endorse the walking and cycling routes prioritised within Huntingdonshire and agree the Council’s response to the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan consultation as outlined in Appendix 1 of the report; and

(b)  endorse continued engagement with Cambridgeshire County Council to influence the inclusion of Ramsey in successor cycling and walking infrastructure plans.