Further to minute 420 (19 March 2009), the Director of Technical Services reported upon a programme of proposed schemes within the allocated £150,000 for Safer Routes to Schools initiatives. He reported that in 2008/09 Wirral’s LAA Programme Board approved two Priority Areas for Improvement related to road safety (a. The total number of people Killed or Seriously Injured and, b. The number of children Killed or Seriously Injured). Whilst promoting sustainable travel to and from schools, the Safer Routes to Schools Programme was intrinsically linked to, and designed to benefit, the road safety priorities set by the Council and the programme contained physical and encouragement measures to assist schools, parents and children to adopt more sustainable travel habits in their journey to and from school. He also presented a reserve list, which detailed schemes which could be brought forward should an identified scheme within the main programme be identified as being impractical or encounter significant objection.

Resolved –

(1)  That the Safer Routes to Schools Programme for 2009/10 as set out in the report now submitted, be approved.

(2)  That the Director of Technical Services be authorised to select a suitable alternative from the reserve list in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Transport Services and Party Spokespersons in the event that it proves impractical to proceed with an approved scheme or unallocated finance becomes available.