Issue - meetings
Response to KCC's Active Travel Strategy Consultation Draft
Meeting: 14/06/2016 - Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee (Item 19)
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1: KCC Active Travel Strategy Consultation Draft and Appendices, item 19
PDF 8 MB
- Appendix 2: KCC Active Travel Strategy EqIA, item 19
PDF 581 KB
Decision:
That the Committee agree to the proposed response to the consultation set out in paragraphs 4.2.1 to 4.2.6 of the report and that it be forwarded to Kent County Council prior to the close of the consultation period on 13 July 2016, provided the following comments are included:
“Maidstone Borough Council consider Kent County Council’s Active Travel Strategy to generally be a good document in terms of its aspirations. However, the Council would like to see more commitment to the actual delivery of Active Travel.
Furthermore, Maidstone Borough Council are pleased Kent County Council have, through its Equality Impact Assessment, identified shortfalls in its Active Travel Strategy. The Council strongly recommends that implementation measures in this strategy should actively seek to address the issues of inequality that have been identified.”
Minutes:
The Principal Planning Officer presented the report.
Members raised concerns regarding the translation of the aspirations into actions and delivery.
Concern was also raised regarding the promotion of active travel to the benefit of all sections of the community equally. The Committee agreed that solutions for accessibility to active travel should be provided.
RESOLVED:
That the Committee agree to the proposed response to the consultation set out in paragraphs 4.2.1 to 4.2.6 of the report and that it be forwarded to Kent County Council prior to the close of the consultation period on 13 July 2016, provided the following comments are included:
“Maidstone Borough Council consider Kent County Council’s Active Travel Strategy to generally be a good document in terms of its aspirations. However, the Council would like to see more commitment to the actual delivery of Active Travel.
Furthermore, Maidstone Borough Council are pleased Kent County Council have, through its Equality Impact Assessment, identified shortfalls in its Active Travel Strategy. The Council strongly recommends that implementation measures in this strategy should actively seek to address the issues of inequality that have been identified.”
Voting: For – 9 Against – 0 Abstentions – 0