Issue - meetings

“Council acknowledges the value of the Deeside Way both as a core path and a wildlife corridor. Accepts the Deeside Way is accessed by a variety of users, leisure and commuter cyclists, walkers, adults, children from the elderly to babies in prams, vulnerable individuals including wheelchair users. Instructs the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlordto report to the next meeting of the City Growth and Resources Committee with regard to the feasibility of making amendments to the Council’s procedurerestricting vehicular access to the Deeside Way to:-  

(1)      maintenance/refuse collection vehicles and emergency vehicles only for the Deeside Way; and

(2)      prohibit any other access by any other vehicles for any other purpose.”

(i)        to adopt the motion; and

(ii)       to instruct officers to include in that report, proposals as to how signage might be improved in the interests of improving the safety of all users of the Deeside Way.

With reference to article 15 of the minute of Council of 24 June 2019, the Committee had before it a motion in the following terms by Councillor Boulton:-

            “Council acknowledges the value of the Deeside Way both as a core path and a wildlife corridor. Accepts the Deeside Way is accessed by a variety of users, leisure and commuter cyclists, walkers, adults, children from the elderly to babies in prams, vulnerable individuals including wheelchair users. Instructs the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord to report to the next meeting of the City Growth and Resources Committee with regard to the feasibility of making amendments to the Council’s procedure restricting vehicular access to the Deeside Way to:- (1) maintenance/refuse collection vehicles and emergency vehicles only for the Deeside Way; and (2) prohibit any other access by any other vehicles for any other purpose.”

Councillor Boulton spoke in support of her motion, explaining the rationale behind her request.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)        to adopt the motion; and

(ii)       to instruct officers to include in that report, proposals as to how signage might be improved in the interests of improving the safety of all users of the Deeside Way.