Welcome, Introductions and Chairman's Announcements
Chairman’s Announcements:
i. Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman
ii. Local Transport Plan Scheme – Funding Allocation
iii. Parking Strategy Consultation
iv. The Friends of the Ridgeway
Minutes:
The Chairman, Councillor Christopher Williams, welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Tidworth Area Board and invited everyone present to introduce themselves.
The Chairman made the following announcements:
i. Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman
At the meeting on Tuesday 18 May 2010, Councillor Christopher Williams had been elected as Chairman of Tidworth Area Board for the 2010/11 Municipal Year and Councillor Mark Connolly had been elected as Vice Chairman of the Area Board for the same period.
ii. Local Transport Plan Scheme – Funding Allocation
A briefing paper was available in the agenda at Page 3 which included details of the above Scheme. Councillor Mark Connolly reported that the Tidworth Community Area Partnership’s (TCAP’s) Transport Group had been successfully operating for many years now and provided an ideal forum for the consideration of small scale transport schemes in the Community Area. The Scheme required the setting up of a Community Area Transport Group and the Chairman asked for agreement from the Area Board that the TCAP Transport Group should be adopted to act in this capacity. At the previous meeting, two local transport schemes had been prioritised and Councillor Connolly proposed that they were taken forward using the local funding now available. The Chairman put the proposal to the public and the majority of those present were in favour.
Decision
The Area Board agreed that the TCAP Transport Group should also act as the Community Area Transport Group to deal with funding allocations under the Local Transport Plan Scheme.
Decision
The Area Board agreed that the two local transport schemes previously identified should be put forward under the Local Transport Plan Scheme.
iii. Parking Strategy Consultation
A briefing paper regarding the proposed Car Parking Strategy was available in the agenda at Page 5. The consultation on this Strategy was now open and would close on 3 September 2010. People were encouraged to submit their views via the online portal or by sending comments to transportplanning@wiltshire.gov.uk or in writing to the Sustainable Transport Group, Wiltshire Council, County Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 8JD.
Paper copies of the questionnaire and a reference copy of the main and technical report were also available in all libraries.
iv. The Friends of the Ridgeway
A briefing note from The Friends of the Ridgeway was included in the agenda at Page 7 and detailed proposals for a new strategic path for walkers from Avebury via Stonehenge to Old Sarum. Further details on the proposals could be obtained from the Friends of the Ridgeway or from Val Powley, Tidworth Community Area Manager. A presentation on the project would be given at the September meeting of the Area Board.