Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)              to note the review as recorded within the report;

(ii)             to agree the current pedestrian crossing infrastructure on King’s Gate near Forest Road meets the needs of local people, including children and their families walking to local schools; and

(iii)            to note that the results of observational surveys and a cursory pedestrian routes to school plotting exercise showed a moderate demand to cross King’s Gate near Moray Place, and instruct the Chief Officer, Operations and Protective Services to install a new pedestrian island with minor adjustments to the existing infrastructure.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services, which responded to the Notice of Motion by Councillor Stewart to consider options for installing an additional pedestrian crossing on King’s Gate in the vicinity of the Atholl Hotel and installing a crossing on Forest Road near its junction with King’s Gate.

Councillor Stewart spoke in furtherance of her motion and explained the rationale behind her request. 

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)          notes the review as recorded within the report;

(b)          agrees the current pedestrian crossing infrastructure on King’s Gate near Forest Road meets the needs of local people, including children and their families walking to local schools; and

(c)          notes that the results of observational surveys and a cursory pedestrian routes to school plotting exercise showed a moderate demand to cross King’s Gate near Moray Place, and instruct the Chief Officer, Operations and Protective Services to install a new pedestrian island with minor adjustments to the existing infrastructure.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.