Issue - meetings

Minute 374 refers

RESOLVED – that (A) the contents of the letter dated 27 July 2015 from Hertfordshire County Council Highways Development Management in respect of transportation issues identified on the A414, Hertford, be noted; and

(B)      Hertfordshire County Council be urged to give highest priority to expediting the completion of its COMET transportation model and publication of its emerging Transportation Vision and that East Herts Council was most willing to assist this process, if considered appropriate.

(see also Minute 465)

Minute 10 refers

The Executive considered and supported the recommendations of the District Planning Executive Panel meeting held on 22 October 2015, on the District Plan Transportation – A414, Hertford.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the contents of the letter dated 27 July 2015 from Hertfordshire County Council Highways Development Management in respect of transportation issues identified on the A414, Hertford, be noted; and

(B)      Hertfordshire County Council be urged to give highest priority to expediting the completion of its COMET transportation model and publication of its emerging Transportation Vision and that East Herts Council was most willing to assist this process, if considered appropriate.

(see also Minute 380)

The Panel considered a report that discussed the transportation issues related to the A414, Hertford which had been identified by Hertfordshire County Council as Transport Authority, and the consequential implications that had arisen in respect of progressing the District Plan.

The Panel Chairman advised that, related to matters being considered in the agenda report,  Hertfordshire County Council had set up a working group that encompassed the 4 Local Authorities that sat along the A414.  She referred to the fact that a potential 35,000 additional dwellings were being planned which would rely on this road for access.

The Panel were advised that the report acknowledged the strategic constraints of the A414 particularly through Hertford and the impact this could have on the delivery of housing to 2031.

The Panel supported the recommendations now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the contents of the letter dated 27 July 2015 from Hertfordshire County Council Highways Development Management in respect of transportation issues identified on the A414, Hertford, be noted; and

(B)   Hertfordshire County Council be urged to give highest priority to expediting the completion of its COMET transportation model and publication of its emerging Transportation Vision and that East Herts Council was most willing to assist this process, if considered appropriate.