Issue - meetings

            The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, which set out an update on the following two active travel schemes within the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP):

LCWIP Phase 2 – Runcorn to Daresbury

Would provide a dedicated cycle route connecting Runcorn to Sci-Tech Daresbury. The final design of the route would be consulted upon during March 21. The draft consultation leaflet and route map was detailed in Appendix 1.

LCWIP Phase 3 – Runcorn Busway (Halton Lea to Murdishaw)

Funding recently allocated to and received by the Liverpool City Region from the Department for Transport (DfT) for ‘active travel’. Halton’s allocation would allow the busway cycle route between Halton Lea and Murdishaw to become permanent. This was an important link and essentially formed a second project that eventually aimed to see the whole busway transformed into an active travel corridor. Halton had initially been awarded £2.2m of the £7.896m to make the temporary Active Travel Corridor permanent, Consultation had begun on 18 January 2021 and would close on 22^nd February 2021. A map of the route was detailed in Appendix 2.

            These phases followed on from the LCWIP Phase 1 schemes. Phase 1 provided the ‘Mineral Line’ between St Helens and Widnes, and also the Prescott to Runcorn route via Widnes.

            RESOLVED: That the Board endorses the two schemes and recognises the important of consultation in measuring project success.