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Council and councillors

Agenda item

LOCAL TRANSPORT PLAN - MOVING RUTLAND FORWARD

To receive a presentation from Mr Dave Pye, Senior Transport Manager.

 

 

The current Local Transport Plan can be found using the following link:

https://www.rutland.gov.uk/my-community/transport/transport-strategy/

 

Minutes:

A presentation was received from Mr Dave Pye, Senior Transport Manager at Rutland County Council.

 

During discussion the following points were noted:

 

      i.        Mrs Stephenson, Portfolio Holder for Culture and Leisure, Highways & Transport noted that the consultation for the Local Transport Plan (LTP) ends on 19 January 2019 and would be happy to meet with any members in person or answer questions via e-mail.

    ii.        When asked to what extent the Council were using volunteers and ramblers to keep public rights of way free, Mr Pye responded that his team were liaising with groups, and that a Local Access Forum may be needed for Rutland. In the past two years, the maintenance of public rights of way had been delivered by the Council. A structure had been put in place to make sure there was a lot more done in terms of maintenance for a lot less money, and getting the rights of way ready for the winter period to make sure they were still usable.

   iii.        Mrs Stephenson confirmed that a link had been sent out to Parishes and Councillors asking for feedback on the LTP. A further push of communications was needed to make sure the Local Transport Plan was fit for Rutland.

   iv.        Mrs Stephenson would look to making information within the LTP more accessible.

    v.        Mrs Fox noted that there needed to be clear communication to residents regarding if a service was not use, the service may be taken away.

   vi.        Mr Baines suggested that the main highlights of the LTP could be placed on a single sheet of paper, giving the opportunity for residents to give a more meaningful response from a simpler document.

  vii.        Miss Waller commented that the team at RCC looking after the public rights of way were more effective than neighbouring authorities. When a complaint was received, they were quick to get on the case.

viii.        Mr Baines suggested the possibility of using the Uppingham and Oakham hoppers to incorporate villages in the surrounding areas.

   ix.        The Chair suggested the use of smaller buses with multiple uses such as for delivery to bring the cost running buses down.

    x.        Mrs Stephenson clarified to members that Call Connect was a bookable bus service that was available to anyone, whilst the Voluntary Action Rutland bus service was available for frail, elderly, disable and vulnerable people in Rutland.

   xi.        Miss Waller commented that there had been a case where the bookable bus services were not able to provide a bus despite 8 days’ notice and another case where a resident needed to attend a hospital appointment but the bus offered was after the hospital appointment was due to take place. Miss Waller suggested a subsidised taxi service could be more useful. Mr Hemsley commented that there used to be a token system for taxis and buses, Mr Pye confirmed that taxi and bus tokens were still in use.

  xii.        Mr Brown noted that Barrowden and other parishes had a Good Neighbour Scheme which used volunteers from the village to provide help to anyone who needed assistance, which included travel to hospital appointments.