Venue: Council Chamber, Cecil Street, Margate, Kent
Contact: James Clapson
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies were received from the following Members:
Councillor Connor; County Councillor Game; County Councillor Hurst. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 65 KB To approve the Minutes of the Joint Transportation Board meeting held on 7 June 2018, copy attached. Minutes: Councillor Rogers proposed, Councillor Coleman-Cooke seconded and Members agreed the minutes as a correct record of the meeting that was held on 07 June 2018. |
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Thanet Highway Works Programme 2018/19 PDF 120 KB Minutes: Paul Valek, Thanet District Manager, KCC introduced the report and advised the Board about the progress to date regarding the Highway Works Programme for 2018/19. He said that most of the work was progressing as planned.
Mr Valek also reported that the Highways team had also carried out a Pothole Blitz programme that saw the successful repair of the roads that had been weather damaged last winter. £600,000 had been spent on the blitz.
During the discussions Board Members made the following comments:
Mr Valek responded as follows:
Members noted the report. |
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Parking and Waiting Restrictions PDF 88 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Rebecca Glaiser, Uniformed Services Enforcement Manager introduced the item for debate. Ms Glaiser said that the report was proposing new parking and waiting restrictions which had been discussed with Kent County Council. The proposals would be subject to a public consultation.
The proposals were being brought about due to inconsiderate parking by some drivers and this issue had been reported to the departments by the public as well as council staff on duty, particularly during collection of household waste and recycle.
Board Members raised some concern that the introduction of these new restrictions would increase the work load on the enforcement team. They asked whether the new enforcement of the new restrictions would mean additional staff being recruited or staff being moved from some areas of work to cover these new areas.
One Member reported complaints that household waste had not been collected from properties in Grotto Road for about three weeks (due to inconsiderate parking) and requested officers to investigate the issue.
In response Ms Glaiser said that with regards to increased staffing for to enforce new restrictions, officers were still in discussion to find the best approach to enforce the new restrictions if there were adopted. She also said that reports of uncollected rubbish had been made to the office and officers were currently working on a solution to the problem.
Thereafter, Councillor Coleman-Cooke proposed, Councillor Rusiecki seconded and Members agreed that the proposed parking and waiting restrictions be subjected to the statutory public consultation. |