The Footway and Cycletrack Management Group is a subgroup of the UK Roads Board.
The group is made up of representatives from Local Highway Authorities, National Governments, other interested Groups (such as Sustrans) and Consultants, all experts in the field of Footway and/or Cycletrack Management or represent groups who promote increased levels of walking or cycling.
Background
The Footway Maintenance Working Group was formed in 1993 as a working group of the County Surveyors Society to steer practical research on footway construction and maintenance. In 2001 the group was incorporated as a technical group of the UK Roads Board with a wider remit to consider all issues related to the management of cycletracks as well as footways, and it was renamed the Footway and Cycletrack
Management Group (FCMG). It is one of the sub-groups that reports directly to the UK Roads Board on which its Chairperson has a seat.
The group is made up of representatives from Local Highway Authorities, National Governments, other interested Groups (such as Sustrans) and Consultants, all experts in the field of Footway and/or Cycletrack Management or represent groups who promote increased levels of walking or cycling
Aims and Objectives
Overall function
Membership
The Management group is compiled from Local Highway Authorities, National Government, Research Consultants, Technical Consultants and representatives of Stakeholder Groups.
All members of the Group will have voting rights and will declare any vested interests on particular matters and will abstain from any votes where they have a vested interest.
Organisation |
Number of members | Comment |
National Government Representatives (Welsh Government, Scottish Government, DfT, Transport Ni) | Up to 4 members | One permanent member from each National Government/Assembly Organisation would be ideal (not achieved at present – DfT and DRD Northern Ireland currently represented) |
Local Highway Authorities and Regional Transport bodies from throughout the United Kingdom | Up to 8 members | Representing a range of different types of authority. County Councils, Unitary Authorities, Metropolitan and London Boroughs should be represented. Should the number of LHA numbers drop below 6 ADEPT, SCOTS or CSS Wales will be asked to nominate new members to replace them. |
Regional and National Transport bodies. | Up to 4 members. | Highways England and Transport for London are represented. Other regional transport bodies may be invited as they develop. |
Research, Support and Consultancy | Up to 2 members | Linked to active research tasks. |
Other Interest Groups | Up to 3 members | Sustrans are currently represented |
Notes:
Position of Chairperson
Members of the Group shall appoint a Chairperson. This person will be an existing member of the Group and be a Local Government employee. The position means that they will also represent the Group at the UK Roads Board. The usual term of office for the Chairperson of the Group will be 3 years.
Meetings
Meetings can be called by the Chairperson if or when items require a group decision, typically 3 meetings per year are held. Members of the group may be asked to prepare information for these meetings to facilitate an informed discussion.
Communications
The group will provide information for the FCMG pages of the UKRLG web site on a regular basis, including publication of the outputs of the research tasks carried out by the group.