BMBC 21: Barnsleys Local Area Agreement 2008-2011

agreed casualty reduction targets against a background of increasedmovement associated with the regeneration policies resulting from theObjective 1 Programme. A number of activities the Council, along withpartners, are engaged in include:-• Development of effective maintenance programmes that supportroad safety.• Development of a Speed Management Strategy.• School Travel Plans.• Developing the use of the countywide accident assessmentmethodology.• Improving the effectiveness of casualty monitoring and analysisthrough the work of the Countywide Road Safety Analyst.• Working with South Yorkshire Police on speed enforcement at sitesoutside the scope of the South Yorkshire Safety CameraPartnership and in other areas of road traffic policing.• Developing and improving linkages with the Highways Agency,LSPs and others in the countywide Casualty Reduction SteeringGroup to address road safety issues and problems throughpartnership working.• Raising awareness of road safety issues at the local level toinfluence community planning and neighbourhood renewalagendas.Improving the Quality of Life in Our Communities: By Protecting theCommunity from Crime, Disorder and Other Risks to Safety49• Focusing on achieving casualty reduction targets by concentratingefforts on vulnerable road users and those groups withdisproportionately high incidence of road casualties, includingchildren, motorcyclists, young drivers and areas where road safetyis a particular concern, including communities in disadvantagedareas and rural areas.• Developing initiatives to raise awareness of road safety while atwork.Emergency PreparednessThe Corporate Resilience Framework established over recent yearshas been supplemented by the introduction of a Flood Plan and aRecovery Plan. These two plans have been developed since theflooding of June 2007 and contain specific arrangements to deal withthe immediate emergency response to a flooding event and the postfloodrecovery phase of the operation.With regards to flooding, further developments include engaging localresidents in the communities worst flood affected areas to establishcommunity groups to formulate local response plans for their area. Thelocal plans will provide a structure to enable the residents to assistCouncil staff to fill and distribute sand bags, establish road closures andhelp the most vulnerable members of their communities.Further work during 2008 is scheduled to establish local flood resiliencestores in the areas worst affected by flooding. These stores will provideimmediate access for local residents to flood defence materials duringthe onset of flooding. Local Flood Wardens, drawn from the local FloodBarnsley’s Local Area Agreement 2008-11