Dear all, Please see link to Blue House Roundabout working group website: http://bluehousegroup.org/ This is where documents will be shared that are used by the working group to make its decisions. Current info posted as follows: 1. Policy documents: a) Transport Assurance Framework b) Core strategy and Infrastructure Delivery Plan c) Air Quality Action – South Gosforth, Newcastle City Council d) City Wide Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2010-2020 e) Cycling Improvements in Newcastle – Ten Years Strategy 2011 – 2022 f) NECA – Transport Manifesto for the North East 2 Appraisals: a) Options Appraisal Report 3. Technical drawings: a) Blue House Original Proposed Option b) Lay-out options 1-7 c) Signalised Roundabout Option – 05A d) Signalised Roundabout Option – 05J e) Signalised Crossroads f) Blue House to Haddricks Mill Corridor Proposal 4. Other documents & inspirations: a) Consultation Feedback Summary b) Zurich: Where People Are Welcome and Cars Are Not 5. Meeting schedule 6. Meeting notes from meeting 1 Next working group meeting is Monday 3rd October so a post to follow to summarise how this goes. From the website, the agenda for the meeting on 3rd is as follows: Monday 3rd October Review July consultation scheme option, two others that NCC officers had previously prepared, and possibly another option prepared by JD. Consider pros/cons of each to derive an agreed assessment framework with different criteria (e.g. tree loss, cycle and walking provision, land take, queue lengths, cost…) The meeting agenda for the two subsequent meetings are as follows: Monday 31st October Using the assessment framework previously devised, appraise 2-3 options (some previous, some new/modifications) for different traffic growth scenarios. Monday 28th November Clarify, as far as possible, a single preferred scheme for the Council to take forward to formal consultation. Also, prepare recommendations to NCC about what else it should do, covering policy, strategy and design, in order to enable more people-/city-friendly designs to come forward in other places in due course. A reminder of the timeline (from website): The Working Group will meet a maximum of five times for no longer than two hours each time, with sufficient time between meetings to enable the Council to respond to comments and requests for information. A general arrangement drawing of the recommended scheme design will be produced before the end of November. In summary, the timeline is very very tight and given the first meeting was largely introductory, this will be a key session. Thanks Sarah Edgar