Decision details

Report of the Cabinet Member for Transport and District Regeneration which details the Council's application for civil enforcement of moving violations and the associated consultation

(i)  That the Council submit an application for the designation of civil

    enforcement area for moving violations.

(ii)   To delegate to the Head of Service Transport and Planning approval to consult on and implement future sites following consultation with the Executive Director – Finance and Commercialism and the Cabinet Member for Transport and District Regeneration.

The introduction of enforcement of moving violations complies with themes in

Southampton’s Local Transport Plan Connected Southampton 2040 including

An Innovative City that takes advantage of innovative technologies, and A

Safe City that reduces the number of people killed or injured on the transport

system towards zero. The enforcement also complies with the ambition in the

Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) to keep bus routes clear to improve

bus journey times and reliability.

Not applying for the designation – Council is not required to apply for the civil

enforcement powers, and instead rely on Hampshire Constabulary to carry

out enforcement. Previous requests to Hampshire Constabulary to carry out

enforcement of moving violations has been subject to available resources

within Hampshire Constabulary and has not had high priority.

Applying for the designation with more sites / moving violations – it has been

considered that the best approach is to have an initial roll out of sites targeting

School Streets / Pedestrian Zones as a trial, and consideration for

enforcement of further sites to be done after an evaluation of the proposed

scheme.

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