Agenda item

A report was presented which sought MCA approval in relation to the following items:-

i)       Approval of three schemes with a total value of £8.18m Getting Building Fund (GBF).

ii)      Approval of one Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) Outline Business Case with a total value of £5,458,141 and early release of up to £546k development funding.

iii)     Approval of five change requests for existing Local Growth Fund (LGF) projects.

iv)    Approval for the acceptance of a grant totalling £40.16m for the A630 Parkway Widening Scheme and the onward award of that grant to Rotherham MBC.

v)      Approval for delegated authority to be granted to the Head of Paid service in consultation with the Section 73 Officer and the Monitoring Officer to enter into legal agreement for the schemes.

An award of £33.6m GBF had been made to the MCA on 30 June 2020 to invest in ‘shovel-ready’ projects that would provide stimulus to local economies, with the funds to be utilised by 31 March 2022.

RESOLVED – That the MCA approved:-

i)       The acceptance of a grant from the Department for Transport totalling £40.16m for the A630 Parkway Widening Scheme, and the onward award of that grant to Rotherham MBC.

ii)      Progression of Heart of the City Breathing Spaces to full approval and award of £4m grant to Sheffield City Council subject to the conditions set out in the Appraisal Panel Summary Table.

iii)     Progression of Rotherham Town Centre Masterplan to full approval and award of £2.18m grant to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council subject to the conditions set out in the Appraisal Panel Summary Table.

iv)    Progression of Century BIC II to full approval and award of £2m grant to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council subject to the conditions set out in the Appraisal Panel Summary Table.

v)      Progression of iPort Bridge to Full Business Case and award of up to £546k business case development costs to South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive subject to the conditions set out in the Appraisal Panel Summary Table.

vi)    Project change request from “Digital Engineering Skills Development Network” to agree an extension to works completion from September 2020 to September 2021, reprofile of £1.2m grant from 20/21 to 21/22 and reprofile of outputs and outcomes in accordance with the revised timescales.

vii)   Project change request from “M1 J37 Phase 2” to agree a reprofile of up to £4.07m grant from 20/21 to 21/22 and reprofile of outputs and outcomes in accordance with the revised timescales.

viii)  Project change request from” M1 J36 Phase 1 (Hoyland)” to agree an extension to works completion from 20/21 to 21/22, reprofile of up to £544k grant from 20/21 to 21/22 and reprofile of outputs and outcomes in accordance with the revised timescales.

ix)    Project change request from “Greasbrough Road Corridor” to agree an extension to works completion from April 2021 to September 2021 and reprofile of £1.05m from 20/21 to 21/22 and reprofile of outputs and outcomes in accordance with the revised timescales.

x)      Project change request from “First Group Customer Contact” to agree an extension to works completion from March 2021 to March 2022, reprofile of £406K grant from 20/21 to 21/22 and reprofile of outputs and outcomes in accordance with the revised timescales.

Delegated authority be given to the Head of Paid Service in consultation with the Section 73 and Monitoring Officer to enter into legal agreements for the schemes covered above.