Issue - meetings

Councillor Subedar submits a report with regard to the Council submitting a joint bid with other agencies to be part of the national rollout of enforcement cameras from April 2002. The Cabinet is asked to agree; that the Council will act as treasurer for the Leicestershire Police Area Safety Camera scheme, that a joint bid be submitted to the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR), and that a further report be submitted once a decision is received from DTLR about the success of the bid; that the provisional programme for introducing additional cameras within the City, to be included in the bid document, and that any requests for safety cameras outside the programme will be assessed for inclusion in future programmes of work.

Councillor Subedar submitted a report regarding a proposal that the Council submit a joint bid with Leicestershire and Rutland County Councils, the Chief Constable, the Highway Agency, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Courts, to be part of the national rollout of enforcement cameras from April 2002.

Cabinet Members welcomed the opportunity to contribute to reducing the number of accidents on the City’s roads.

RESOLVED:

(1) that approval be given for Leicester City Council to act as treasurer for the Leicestershire Police Areas Safety Camera scheme;

(2)that a joint bid, to be part of the rollout programme for additional safety cameras for the Leicestershire Police Area, to be funded from fine income from April 2002, be submitted to the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR), and that a further report be submitted once a decision is received from DTLR about the success of the bid, and

(3)that a provisional programme for introducing additional cameras within the City as set out in Appendix 2 of the report, be included in the bid document, and that any requests for safety cameras outside the programme would be assessed for inclusion in future programmes of work.