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(i)        to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, following consultation with the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services and Chief Officer – Capital, to implement a revised roads hierarchy in a sequential and incremental manner, as described in this report, to encompass formal reclassification of the urban road network and changes to road signage and junction improvements to reinforce the hierarchy;

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to develop improvements to priority and secondary corridors to achieve a more efficient movement of people and goods, with an emphasis on walking, cycling and public transport;

(iii)      to note the findings of the SCPR and instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to develop a draft Car Parking Strategy and to report back to this Committee in summer 2020;

(iv)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to proceed with public and stakeholder consultation on the draft SUMP and report back to this Committee with a finalised SUMP in November 2019, thus completing this key CIVITAS PORTIS work package; and

(v)       to instruct the Director of Resources to consider the outcomes of these studies within future years’ budget setting processes.

With reference to article 31 of the minute of meeting of the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure of 29 August 2017, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning which (1) provided details on the outcomes of the North East Scotland Roads Hierarchy Study and Strategic Car Parking Review (SCPR); (2) introduced the draft Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) aligned with the Roads Hierarchy and City Centre Masterplan (CCMP); and (3) sought agreement on the next steps in terms of delivering upon the findings of these pieces of work.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, following consultation with the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services and Chief Officer – Capital, to implement a revised roads hierarchy in a sequential and incremental manner, as described in this report, to encompass formal reclassification of the urban road network and changes to road signage and junction improvements to reinforce the hierarchy;

(b)       instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to develop improvements to priority and secondary corridors to achieve a more efficient movement of people and goods, with an emphasis on walking, cycling and public transport;

(c)       note the findings of the SCPR and instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to develop a draft Car Parking Strategy and to report back to this Committee in summer 2020;

(d)       instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to proceed with public and stakeholder consultation on the draft SUMP and report back to this Committee with a finalised SUMP in November 2019, thus completing this key CIVITAS PORTIS work package; and

(e)       instruct the Director of Resources to consider the outcomes of these studies within future years’ budget setting processes.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.