Issue - meetings

1.    That the outcomes of the Task and Finish Group included at Appendix A be endorsed and commended to the Environment, Regeneration and Street scene Cabinet Board. Subject to the addition of the following recommendation:

a.    That the pedestrianised zone hours of operation in the Neath Town Centre be reviewed to consider closing the pedestrianised zone to vehicles in the evenings as well as the daytime.

2.    That the Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning, Transport and Connectivity be invited to the next meeting of the Environment, Regeneration and Streetscene Services Committee to report back on their consideration of the matters that have been put forward.

The chair gave a brief overview of the task and finish group and the context behind it and advised the report from the Task and Finish group was here for members to endorse. The chair informed members that the committee had originally requested a review of Christmas parking arrangements to consider sustainable transport options around Christmas time. There was also the income generation target of £300,000 which had come from the budget, so the whole parking options for 2023 was looked at.

The chair commented that the sessions were very productive and thanked the officers for their efforts during the sessions. Members were informed that the Task and Finish group had been careful to make their recommendations realistic in the background of the budget and the income target.

The Chair advised the committee that a recommendation had also been missed from the report and put forward the following additional recommendation for cabinet and officers to consider.

That the outcomes of the Task and Finish Group included at Appendix A be endorsed and commended to the Environment, Regeneration and Street scene Cabinet Board. Subject to the addition of the following recommendation:

That the pedestrianised zone hours of operation in the Neath Town Centre be reviewed to consider closing the pedestrianised zone to vehicles in the evenings as well as the daytime.

That the Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning, Transport and Connectivity be invited to the next meeting of the Environment, Regeneration and Streetscene Services Committee to report back on their consideration of the matters that have been put forward.

The report along with the amendment were commended to cabinet board.