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Resolved that the Minutes of the Economy & Infrastructure Service Transformation Committee held on 12 September, 2024 be approved and signed as a correct record.
The Cabinet Members for Environment & Infrastructure and Regeneration, Investment, Events & Tourism introduced the report. The Active Travel Officer assisted by the Group Leader, Highways & Transportation stated that the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 (ATA) introduced a legislative requirement on local authorities to plan for, improve, and promote routes for walking and cycling for everyday journeys. Local authorities must report to the Welsh Government on their progress each year. The Council had implemented an ambitious active travel programme, successfully securing significant funding from the Welsh Government’s Active Travel Fund (ATF) to enhance walking and cycling routes. The Council currently managed over 147 kilometres of routes and had received funding to improve approximately 6 kilometres in the last financial year. The Core Allocation funding, which was determined by population size and designated settlement areas, was projected to be £712,000 for the financial year 2025/26. However, the ATF does not cover maintenance costs, placing additional strain on the Council’s Highways Maintenance and Cleansing Department. The Council receives numerous public reports regarding issues along active travel routes, including overgrowth, poor surfaces and accidental damage. Currently, only formally adopted routes are routinely inspected leading to maintenance challenges for non-adopted routes. The existing maintenance budget had not increased since the ATF’s introduction and the costs associated with maintaining active travel routes were rising therefore raising concerns about the potential for third party claims and the adequacy of resources for winter maintenance. There was a pressing need for clear mapping and categorisation of active travel routes to facilitate effective maintenance. New routes must be adopted to ensure proper upkeep and all routes should be accessible to necessary maintenance vehicles. The Council was required to continuously improve active travel provisions. However, the expansion of the network was straining existing departmental budgets. It was recommended that future funding applications consider the long term maintenance costs associated with new infrastructure to ensure sustainable development. The Cabinet Members for Environment & Infrastructure and Investment, Regeneration, Events & Tourism highlighted the challenges associated with maintaining Active Travel Routes. It was noted that other authorities faced the same issues in regard to lack of maintenance funds. The Cabinet Members thanked Officers for their ongoing work. Members discussed the impact of the lack of maintenance budgets, the importance of undertaking a mapping exercise, the variety of users of the active travel routes, the societal benefits of active travel routes, potentially generating income from businesses who benefit from active travel routes, funding of smaller projects as part of the active travel funding, un-adopted routes and the annual bidding process for funding minor works. The Chair thanked the Cabinet Member for Environment & Infrastructure, the Cabinet Member for Investment, Regeneration, Events & Tourism and Officers for their informative report. Resolved that: 1) The outcome of the mapping exercise be reported to a future meeting of the Committee.
The Chair stated presented the Committee Work Plan 2024/25. Resolved that 1) the Work Plan 2024/25 be noted.
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