Decision Maker: Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
A report to consider Maidstone's future park
and ride provision and town centre parking strategy, further to the
agreement provided by SPST at 7th February 2017 meeting regarding
future provision of bus interchange facilities in the
borough
Decision:
RESOLVED: That
1)
Officers are instructed to take forward the park and
ride study and the Maidstone Town Centre Parking Strategy
concurrently with the agreed bus interchange study, taking into
account the following areas requested by the Committee:
·
Consideration of the expansion as well as
consolidation of car parks
·
An expansion of electric vehicle charging
points
·
The introduction of charging for polluting
vehicles
·
Bus and rail interchanges
·
The impact of the closure of the Sittingbourne Road
Park and Ride Site
·
Removal of any reference of considering car parks as
development sites
·
The review needs to acknowledge that not all car
parks are under the Council’s control
·
An up to date survey of car park usage
2)
An all member workshop be held to review the
evidence gathered and the initial findings of the strategies before
a final report is taken to this Committee
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: Mark Egerton Email: markegerton@maidstone.gov.uk Email: markegerton@maidstone.gov.uk.
Report author: Mark Egerton
Publication date: 16/03/2017
Date of decision: 14/03/2017
Decided: 14/03/2017 - Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee
Effective from: 24/03/2017
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