Issue - meetings

At Full Council on 15 September 2021 the following motion was agreed :-

“On 18^th November 2020, Council asked the then Cabinet to explore the cost and feasibility of acquiring mobile average speed cameras for future use on the Island. On 24^th February 2021, Council approved a budget for 2021/22, which included an allocation of £300,000 for purchasing these cameras.

Given that this capital allocation is for the current financial year, Council urges the Cabinet to proceed with the development of a business case to investigate these mobile average speed cameras, identifying the costs and effectiveness of the use of the cameras across the Island, taking advice from the Policy Committee for Regeneration and Transport. “

The Committee is therefore requested to formulate comments for submission to the Cabinet on the acquisition of mobile average speed cameras.

Some research had been carried out into the availability of mobile average speed cameras. A trial had been carried out in 2011 in Hampshire, but it was not certain whether this had continued. It was not believed that there were any in use in the UK at present. There did not appear to be any evidence of the successful application of mobile average speed cameras. The Committee believed it would be more prudent to spend the money on the speed review which was due to end in March 2022

The Committee understood that the majority of deaths on the roads on the island mainly involved single vehicles, suggesting that speed was the main factor.

It was intended that the results of the speed review would be reported to the Cabinet in about a year’s time, and that an item should be added to the Committee’s work plan for an update at the October 2022 meeting prior to the Cabinet meeting.

RESOLVED:

i)       To recommend to Cabinet that there is insufficient evidence to proceed with a business case for the acquisition of mobile average speed cameras as the technology is not currently available.

ii)      To consider the outcome of the speed review at the Committee’s meeting in October 2022 prior to any consideration by Cabinet.

That the Director of Neighbourhoods circulate the scope of the        speed limit review to the Committee.

At Full Council on 15 September 2021 the following motion was agreed :-

“On 18^th November 2020, Council asked the then Cabinet to explore the cost and feasibility of acquiring mobile average speed cameras for future use on the Island. On 24^th February 2021, Council approved a budget for 2021/22, which included an allocation of £300,000 for purchasing these cameras.

Given that this capital allocation is for the current financial year, Council urges the Cabinet to proceed with the development of a business case to investigate these mobile average speed cameras, identifying the costs and effectiveness of the use of the cameras across the Island, taking advice from the Policy Committee for Regeneration and Transport. “

The Committee is therefore requested to formulate comments for submission to the Cabinet on the acquisition of mobile average speed cameras.