MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

STRATEGIC PLANNING, SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

22 JULY 2015

REFERENCE FROM MAIDSTONE JOINT TRANSPORTATION BOARD

 

1.       REPORT OF HEAD OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT – RESULTS OF THE VISUM TRANSPORT MODELLING.

 

1.1        Maidstone Joint Transport Board considered the report of Head of Planning and Development – Results of the VISUM Transport Modelling at its meeting on 22 July 2015.  The following recommendation was agreed by the Board.

RESOLVED:  That this Board recommends to Kent County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways, Transportation and Waste and to Maidstone Borough Council’s Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee that a combination of DS2 and DS3 form the basis of the Integrated Transport Strategy for Maidstone to underpin the Local Plan. This is with the exception of the following and subject to costing to ascertain affordability and the evaluation of feasibility, sustainability and deliverability:

·         Additional North/South Park and Ride removed from DS2;

·         All references to percentage targets removed from DS2;

·         That it is specified that with reference to parking costs, it refers to long-term car parks; and

·         That frequent bus services are encouraged with appropriate junction improvements but at no detriment to existing traffic capacity.