Agenda item

Purpose.

Following approval of the draft Portsmouth Transport Strategy by Cabinet in July 2020, extensive public consultation has been undertaken.

The consultation has led to the development of this new Portsmouth Local Transport Plan 4, which also considered and is aligned with the work carried out with residents, businesses and organisations in 2020 as part of the Imagine Portsmouth project, to create a new City Vision1, the ministerial directives received by DEFRA compelling Portsmouth City Council to act on the air quality exceedance's within the City Centre, Public Health's ambition to support healthy active travel alternatives for the residents of Portsmouth, the commitment of the administration to acknowledge and to act decisively to prevent climate change by supporting the residents and businesses of Portsmouth with their transition to cleaner, healthier and more sustainable travel modes and the Councils Corporate Priority's.

This report seeks approval from the Cabinet and Full Council for the adoption of the Portsmouth Local Transport Plan 4 strategy (Appendix A) and implementation plan (Appendix B) to form the fourth Local Transport Plan for Portsmouth for the period 2021 to 2038.

Recommendations

It is recommended that Full Council

1.     Approves the draft Portsmouth transport strategy and Portsmouth transport implementation plan for submission to Full Council for adoption as the Portsmouth Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4) 2021-2038

2.     Delegates authority to the Director of Regeneration in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Traffic and Transportation and the Section 151 Officer to agree any minor amendments to the strategy and implementation plan that may be required to take account of future funding and policy announcements

This report that was originally marked to follow was published on 16 June.

1.     Approved the draft Portsmouth transport strategy and Portsmouth transport implementation plan for submission to Full Council for adoption as the Portsmouth Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4) 2021-2038

2.     Delegated authority to the Director of Regeneration in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Traffic and Transportation and the Section 151 Officer to agree any minor amendments to the strategy and implementation plan that may be required to take account of future funding and policy announcements