Issue - meetings

[To approve the development and formal consultation of a Statutory Quality Bus Partnership (SQBP) for the city centre, in partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority; and to approve the implementation of necessary changes to Traffic Regulation Orders within the SQBP]

Cllr Steve Evans presented the report which outlined the anticipated benefits of a Statutory Quality Bus Partnership (SQBP) for Wolverhampton City Centre and how these benefits would be achieved. Mainly these were an improved quality of buses and better control of operators within the confines of the city centre ring road.

Resolved:

1.     That the development and formal consultation of a Statutory Quality Bus Partnership (SQBP) for the City Centre, in partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority (formerly Centro) be approved.

2.     That the implementation of necessary changes to Traffic Regulation Orders within the SQBP area be approved,

3.     That subject to the resolution of any objections to the SQBP scheme, the Director of Governance be authorised to sign the SQBP agreement with the West Midlands Combined Authority.