Agenda item

The Board was presented with a report which sought to seek:-

i)       Approval of four change requests for the Active Travel Emergency Fund Phase 1 (‘ATEF1’).

ii)      Approval of early release of business case development cost funding for seven Active Travel Fund Phase 2 (‘ATF2’) schemes and progression to MCA for approval of early release of business case development cost funding for one AFT2 scheme.

iii)    Approval of early release of business case development cost funding for four Transforming Cities Fund Tranche 2 (‘TCF2’) schemes and progression to MCA for approval of early release of business case development cost funding for one TCF2 scheme. 

iv)    Approval of progression of one TCF2 Outline Business Case (‘OBC’) to Full Business Case (‘FBC’) and early release of business case development cost funding.

v)     Approval of progression of one TCF2 FBC to full approval.

vi)    Progression of one TCF2 FBCs to MCA for full approval.

vii)   Progression of two TCF2 OBCs to MCA for approval to proceed to FBCs and early release of development cost funding.

viii)  Progression of two TCF2 OBCs to MCA for approval to proceed to FBCs and delegated authority be given to the Head of Paid Service in consultation with the Section 73 and Monitoring Officer for early release of development cost funding. 

ix)    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 points 1 – 7 as covered above.

RESOLVED – That the Board considered and approved:-

i)       Four change requests for Active Travel Emergency Fund Phase 1 (‘ATEF1’) to revise grant awards, as detailed in Appendix 1.

ii)      Release of scheme development cost funding for seven schemes and progression to MCA for approval to release scheme development cost funding for one scheme, of up to £103k from ATF2 and up to £45k from Gainshare, to the four Local Authorities.

iii)    Release of scheme development cost funding for four schemes up to £58k and progression to MCA for approval to release scheme development cost funding for one scheme up to £48k, from TCF2 to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

iv)    Progression of Manvers to Wath Cycle Route OBC to FBC and release of up to £31k business case development cost funding from TCF2 to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council subject to the conditions set out in the Appraisal Panel Summary Table at Appendix 2.

v)     Progression of Fredrick Street Walking and Cycling Route FBC to full approval for award of £0.50m TCF2, towards total projects of £0.92m to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council subject to the conditions set out.

vi)    Progression of Quality Streets - Active Travel and Digital Infrastructure FBC to MCA for full approval for award of £3.5m TCF2 towards total projects of £9.45m, to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council subject to the conditions set out in section 2.6 and the Appraisal Panel Summary Table attached at Appendix 4;

vii)   Progression of A635 Active Travel Link OBC to MCA for approval to proceed to FBC and delegated authority be given to the Head of Paid Service in consultation with the Section 73 and Monitoring Officer to agree an appropriate early release of development cost funding of up to £0.41m TCF2 to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council subject to the conditions set out in the Appraisal Panel Summary Table at Appendix 5.

viii)  Progression of A61 Active Travel OBC to MCA for approval to proceed to FBC and delegated authority be given to the Head of Paid Service in consultation with the Section 73 and Monitoring Officer to agree an appropriate early release of development cost funding of up to £1.72m TCF2 business case development cost funding to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council subject to the conditions set out in the Appraisal Panel Summary Table at Appendix 6.

ix)    Progression of Parkgate Package OBC to MCA for approval to proceed to FBC and release of up to £1.01m TCF2 business case development cost funding to South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive subject to the conditions set out in the Appraisal Panel Summary Table at Appendix 7.

x)     Progression of Rail Station Improvements OBC to MCA for approval to proceed to FBC and release of up to £0.17m TCF2 business case development cost funding to South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive subject to the conditions set out in the Appraisal Panel Summary Table at Appendix 8.

xi)    Delegated authority be given to the Head of Paid Service in consultation with Section 73 and Monitoring Officer to enter into legal agreements for the points covered at 1 – 9 above.