Issue - meetings
Maidstone Bus Station Options Appraisal
Meeting: 07/02/2017 - Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee (Item 151)
151 Report of the Head of Planning and Development - Maidstone Bus Station Options Appraisal PDF 83 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
That:
1.
The initial findings of the high level options appraisal were
considered and noted;
2.
Officers be instructed to undertake a study to investigate
preferred options to improve bus interchange facilities within the
borough with a view to incorporating future work on the Maidstone
Town Centre Parking Strategy and Park and Ride Study with
consideration of multi-module journey planning at a borough wide
level;
3.
A future report be brought to the Committee once an options
appraisal has been undertaken and preferred options
identified;
Minutes:
The Planning Policy Manager presented a report on the Maidstone Bus Station Options Appraisal together with an urgent update.
The Committee was informed that Officers had undertaken a high level options appraisal of future improvements to bus interchange facilities in the borough, which would include improvements to air quality and the quality of bus services in Maidstone.
During the discussion the following points were made:-
·
The town’s railway stations should also be included in the
study.
·
There was a need to make the infrastructure more accessible so
there could be an efficient way of getting from the bus to the
train.
·
The Council was required to deliver on mitigation with regard
to poor air quality.
· The document needed to be a borough document with reference to all modes of transport.
RESOLVED: That:
1.
The initial findings of the high level options appraisal were
considered and noted;
2.
Officers be instructed to undertake a study to investigate
preferred options to improve bus interchange facilities within the
borough with a view to incorporating future work on the Maidstone
Town Centre Parking Strategy and Park and Ride Study with
consideration of multi-module journey planning at a borough wide
level;
3.
A future report be brought to the Committee once an options
appraisal has been undertaken and preferred options
identified.
Voting: For: 9 Against: 0 Abstentions: 0