Decision Maker: Cabinet Member - Technical Services (meeting)
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Further to Minute No. 54 of the meeting of the Cabinet Member - Technical Services held on 4 August 2010, the Cabinet considered the report of the Planning and Economic Development Director on the recent reduction in Area Based Grant funding, which was currently used to fund the operation of the Merseyside Camera Partnership. The report highlighted the reduced contribution on 2010/11 used to fund Child Pedestrian training across Merseyside, and the subsequent impact on staff resources in the Planning and Economic Development Department.
RESOLVED: That
(1) it be noted that the Child Pedestrian Training Programme has a significant impact on improving road safety awareness in key stage 1 children, that this provides the foundation for all road safety education in Sefton and contributes greatly to the on-going reduction in child pedestrian casualty rates in the Borough;
(2) the cessation of the Area Based Grant funding of Child Pedestrian Training to a total of £21k in 2010/11 be noted;
(3) the Cabinet Member - Technical Services be requested to review the Local Transport Plan Capital Programmes to determine priorities for funding Child Safety, School and Workplace Travel Plan Programmes for 2010/11 and 2011/12 onwards; and
(4) a further report be submitted to the Cabinet Member - Technical Services and Cabinet detailing the review.
Report author: Stuart Waldron
Publication date: 10/08/2010
Date of decision: 05/08/2010
Decided at meeting: 05/08/2010 - Cabinet
Effective from: 18/08/2010
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