Issue - meetings

          The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Community and Resources, on the public attendance record of the Halton Public Transport Advisory Panel (the Panel).

          It was reported that the purpose of the Panel was to monitor the performance of the public transport network, make recommendations on future developments, and comment on the effectiveness of the Council’s public transport priorities.

          A summary of the key issues discussed at the Panel during 2015/16 were detailed at Appendix 1. The Board was advised that attendance at meetings of the Panel by members of the public had been very poor, as evidenced in the report. It was therefore proposed that future meetings of the Panel be suspended until the Board agreed otherwise, with public transport queries being handled via the bus operators and the Transport Co-ordination Team.

          RESOLVED: That

1)    the Board endorses the proposal to suspend future meetings of the Public Transport Advisory Panel until further notice; and

2)    the key issues discussed by the Panel during the Municipal Year 2015/16, as set out in Appendix 1 attached to the report, be noted.