Issue - meetings

Councillor Getliffe and Councillor Patel submit a joint report which provides a ‘summary overview’ of the Transport Conference held on 16 August 2000. The Cabinet is asked to note the success of the conference, incorporate its positive outcomes into future Best Value Reviews and agree that the conference report document be released with the support of Cabinet.

Councillor Getliffe and Councillor Patel submitted a joint report that provided a ‘summary overview’ of the Transport Conference held on 16 August 2000, focussing on the transport needs of disabled people.  The importance of ensuring that access to transport for disabled people was acknowledged and it was noted that the conference had provided a way forward for improvements.

RESOLVED:

(1)that the success of the conference be noted and the positive outcomes be incorporated into future Best Value Reviews;

(2)that the document be endorsed, published and widely disseminated; and

(3)that the Action Plan which resulted from the conference be referred to Highways and Transportation Scrutiny Committee, to monitor the progress of implementation.