EDI Item 7 Motion 020323

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Agenda Item 7 – Rest and Be Thankful Update
Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee, 2nd March 2023 
The Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee: 
1. Reaffirms the Council’s long-established position that a permanent solution for the A83 Rest
and Be Thankful must be identified and, crucially, put in place as soon as possible, as first
agreed in this new Council term through a motion to Council in September 2022 and
subsequently embedded within the Priorities for the Council agreed in November 2022; 
2. Notes the confirmation from the Transport Minister that funding will remain available for
both the medium and long-term solutions for the route; 
3. Notes the timescales set out in the report and that the aim is to have both lanes of the A83
reopened, with traffic signals removed, by June or July of this year; 
4. Notes that there is a further meeting of the A83 Taskforce due to take place in June 2023; 
5. In light of the timescales at (3) and (4) above, requests that officers bring a further update to
the Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee meeting in August, for
consideration of any further lobbying action that may be required.