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Note:  WECA virtual public committee meetings are currently being arranged as ‘Zoom’ video conferencing meetings, broadcast on the WECA YouTube channel.

Please note: the 19 June Joint Meeting of the WECA Committee and the West of England Joint Committee will be broadcast at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma2V5IQ8FEo&feature=youtu.be

WRITTEN PUBLIC QUESTIONS

1. Any member of the public can submit a maximum of two written questions to this meeting.

2. The deadline for the submission of questions is 5.00 pm, at least 3 clear working days ahead of a meeting.  For this meeting, the deadline for questions is 5.00 pm on Monday 15 June.

3. Questions should be addressed to the Chair of the meeting and e-mailed to democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk

4. Under the direction of the Chair, wherever possible, written replies to questions will be sent to questioners by the end of the working day prior to the meeting.

5. Please note - under WECA committee procedures, there is no opportunity for oral supplementary questions to be asked at committee meetings.

6. Questions and replies will be circulated to committee members in advance of the meeting and published on the WECA website.

PUBLIC STATEMENTS

1. Any member of the public may submit a statement (or petition) to this meeting.

2. Please note that one statement per individual is permitted.

3. Statements must be submitted in writing and received by the deadline of 12 noon on the working day before the meeting. For this meeting, the deadline for statements is 12 noon on Thursday 18 June.

Statements should be emailed to

democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk

4. Statements will be listed for the meeting in the order of receipt. All statements will be sent to committee members in advance of the meeting and published on the WECA website.

5. Please note – if any member of the public wishes to ‘attend’ the virtual meeting to orally present their statement, they are asked please to notify the WECA Democratic Services team of this by 12 noon on the working day before the meeting at latest.

6. In presenting a statement at the meeting, members of the public are generally permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes each if they so wish. The total time available for the public session at this meeting is 60 minutes. Within the time available, every effort will be made to enable individuals to verbally present their statements; at the discretion of the Chair, speaking time may sometimes be reduced depending on how many public items are received.

26 questions had been submitted in advance of this meeting on the following subjects:

1. Alan Morris - Funding of walking and cycling measures

2. Suzanne Audrey - International Charter for Walking

3. Ben Anthony - Climate emergency action plan

4. Ian Pond - West of England Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan

5. Jacqueline Walkden - Climate emergency

6. Alison Allan - Climate emergency action plan

7. Robbie Bentley - Light rail / tram system

8. Robbie Bentley - Pedestrian / highways improvements

9. Nikki Barton - North Somerset being made part of WECA

10. Sam Morris - Climate emergency action plan

11. David Redgewell - Restoration of bus services

12. David Redgewell - WECA transport functions - engagement with user groups and stakeholders

13. Sarah Mason - West of England Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan

14. Adam Reynolds - Emergency active travel funding

15. Adam Reynolds - West of England Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan

16. Kim Hicks - Joint Local Transport Plan 4/5 - clarification about ‘new road’ (A4 to the A37 and onto Whitchurch Lane) and future consultation / engagement

17. Cllr Clive Stevens - West of England bus strategy

18. Cllr Martin Fodor - West of England Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan

19. Cllr Martin Fodor - Update on climate emergency planning update

20. Steve Melia - Clarification - Joint Local Transport Plan 4

21. Gordon Richardson - North Somerset being made part of WECA

22. Gordon Richardson - Social distancing on public transport – protecting disabled passengers

23. Christina Biggs - Scope of the Greater Bristol Area Rail Feasibility Study

24. Christina Biggs - Road bypass round Coalpit Heath and a road bypass round Frampton Cotterell

25. Cllr Jerome Thomas - Transport response to Covid-19

26. Dave Andrews - Expenditure on roads and public transport

The Chair advised that written replies had been sent to all questioners in advance of the meeting. The questions and replies had been circulated to committee members in advance of the meeting and were available on the Combined Authority web site.

The Chair then advised that 19 statements had been received in advance of the meeting.  The statements had been circulated to committee members in advance of the meeting and were available on the Combined Authority web site. The statements received were on the following subjects (statements were presented by those in attendance):

1. David Redgewell - Transport issues

2. Alison Allan - Climate Emergency Action Plan

3. Gordon Richardson - Protecting disabled passengers - social distancing on buses and trains 

4. Cllr Geoff Gollop - West of England Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan specifically; other items generally on WECA committee agendas

5. Dave Andrews - Trams

6. Gavin Smith - West of England bus strategy / rapid transit

7. Dick Daniel - Sustainable transport improvements

8. Cllr Brenda Massey - West of England Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan

9. Sue Turner - Prioritising the recovery of the Voluntary Organisations and Social Enterprises sector in the West of England

10. Tony Jones - Climate emergency planning

11. Faye Dicker - Joint Local Transport Plan 4 - new road proposed to be built from the A4 to the A37 and onto Whitchurch Lane

12. Kim Hicks - Joint Local Transport Plan 4 - consultation / engagement

13. Julie Boston - Bus travel for young people

14. Sam Morris - WECA’s climate emergency report and infrastructure plans

15. Susan Carter - Joint Green Infrastructure Strategy

16. Cllr Martin Fodor - Climate Emergency Action Plan

17. Cllr Clive Stevens - Strategic planning update

18. Margaret Boushel - West of England Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan & West of England bus strategy

19. Christina Biggs - Covid / MetroWest / Joint Local Transport Plan