Issue - meetings

(Community Safety & Transport Portfolio Holder) To consider the attached report (C-018-2009/10).

That the introduction and development of a District Council Travel Plan be approved.

The Portfolio Holder for Community Safety & Transport presented a report about an Epping Forest District Council Travel Plan. A Travel Plan was a package of measures tailored to the needs of individual sites and aimed at promoting greener, cleaner travel choices and reducing reliance on the car.  It involved the development of a set of initiatives that, together, enabled an organisation to reduce the impact of travel and transport on the environment, whilst also bringing benefits to it as an employer and to its staff. More detail regarding the future of staff car parking at the Civic Offices would be forthcoming at the next meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee, with a further report to be considered by the Cabinet in approximately three months. It was highlighted that similar schemes had been successful elsewhere and the Cabinet was asked to approve the introduction and development of a Travel Plan for the District Council.

Decision:

That the introduction and development of a District Council Travel Plan be approved.

Reasons for Decision:

To alleviate on-site parking and congestion, and improve public transport services, by encouraging greater use by employees. 

To improve the health of employees by encouraging walking or cycling, or through the opportunity to reduce the amount they travel, by perhaps by working at home.

Other Options Considered and Rejected:

To not adopt the concept of developing a District Council Travel Plan.