Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            notes Aberdeen has retained Purple Flag status for a record seven years in a row;

(ii)          notes that Aberdeen is one of three finalists for the prestigious National Purple Flag award within the night time economy category with the winner being decided at the UK and Irelands Association of Town & City Management annual gathering in June 2020;

(iii)         notes the decision of the City Growth and Resources Committee on 5^th December 2019 regarding the Aberdeen Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP);

(iv)         notes the SUMP has not been developed in isolation but in the context of a number of other projects concerning transport in the city centre including ongoing City Centre Masterplan delivery;

(v)          notes the SUMP seeks to support the Administrations transition to a low carbon and low emission future as outlined at the budget meeting 3^rd March 2020;

(vi)         agrees a strategic approach must be adopted by the Council to support city centre living by promoting development of a safe and sustainable city centre which people can access and move around with ease; and

(vii)        agrees to wait for the prioritised delivery programme of transport interventions from the Chief Officer Strategic Place Planning and Chief Officer Capital before determining its position on the proposed overnight prohibition of motor vehicles on Justice Mill Lane/Langstane Place/Windmill Brae etc as outlined in the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services, which considered objections that had been lodged with respect to the proposed Traffic Regulation Order titled “The Aberdeen City Council (Justice Mill Lane, Langstane Place, Windmill Brae Area, Aberdeen) (Traffic Management) Order 202(X).

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)          note the objections received as a result of the statutory consultation in relation to “the Aberdeen City Council (Justice Mill Lane, Langstane Place, Windmill Brae Area, Aberdeen) (Traffic Management) Order 202(X);

(b)          instructs the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to implement the proposals as part of an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO), for a duration of 18 months; and

(c)          instructs the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services to continue dialogue with Police Scotland and the Bon Accord Residents Association with a view to establishing baseline data following which the ETRO can be reviewed on completion of an initial 12 month period. 

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to note Aberdeen had retained Purple Flag status for a record seven years in a row;

(ii)          to note that Aberdeen was one of three finalists for the prestigious National Purple Flag award within the night time economy category with the winner being decided at the UK and Ireland’s Association of Town & City Management annual gathering in June 2020;

(iii)         to note the decision of the City Growth and Resources Committee on 5^th December 2019 regarding the Aberdeen Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP);

(iv)         to note the SUMP had not been developed in isolation but in the context of a number of other projects concerning transport in the city centre including ongoing City Centre Masterplan delivery;

(v)          to note the SUMP sought to support the Administration’s transition to a low carbon and low emission future as outlined at the budget meeting 3^rd March 2020;

(vi)         to agree a strategic approach must be adopted by the Council to support city centre living by promoting development of a safe and sustainable city centre which people could access and move around with ease; and

(vii)        to agree to wait for the prioritised delivery programme of transport interventions from the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning and Chief Officer - Capital before determining its position on the proposed overnight prohibition of motor vehicles on Justice Mill Lane/Langstane Place/Windmill Brae etc as outlined in the report.