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(i)       to note the work undertaken to date to prepare the draft Aberdeen City Council Travel Plan (2025);

(ii)      to approve the adoption of the draft Aberdeen City Council Travel Plan (2025) as detailed in Appendix A;

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to monitor the impact of the Plan and to report progress on a biennial basis – every two years – to the Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee by way of Service Update; and

(iv)     to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning and Chief Officer - People and Citizen Services to update the Staff Travel Policy and report a draft of the Policy to the Staff Governance Committee within the next 12 months.

With reference to article 10 of the minute of its meeting of 27 March 2024, the Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director – City Regeneration and Environment which sought approval for the adoption of a revised and refreshed Travel Plan for Aberdeen City Council.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)      note the work undertaken to date to prepare the draft Aberdeen City Council Travel Plan (2025);

(b)      approve the adoption of the draft Aberdeen City Council Travel Plan (2025) as detailed in Appendix A;

(c)       instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to monitor the impact of the Plan and to report progress on a biennial basis – every two years – to the Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee by way of Service Update; and

(d)      instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning and Chief Officer - People and Citizen Services to update the Staff Travel Policy and report a draft of the Policy to the Staff Governance Committee within the next 12 months.

The Convener, seconded by the Vice Convener, moved the recommendations as outlined in the report.

Councillor Tissera, seconded by Councillor Ali, moved as an amendment:-

that the Committee -

(a)      notes the report; and

(b)      agrees to defer the decision on the adoption of the draft Aberdeen City Council Travel Plan (2025) until the first Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee meeting which follows the upcoming decision by the Finance and Resources Committee in respect of the eBike hire scheme after officers withdrew the eBike hire scheme report at the Finance and Resources Committee on 6th November 2025.

On a division, there voted:- for the motion (5) – the Convener; the Vice Convener; and Councillors Henrickson, Hutchison and van Sweeden; for the amendment (4) – Councillors Ali, Brooks, Nicoll and Tissera.

The Committee resolved:-

to adopt the motion.