Agenda item

A report was submitted which requested progression of eight schemes and approval of two project change requests subject to the conditions to be set out in the Assurance Summaries.  The report sought approval to progress business cases and enter into a contract for a number of investment proposals which would support the SYMCA’s aspirations.  The total value of the schemes was £43.93m and would be resourced from previously committed grant funding.

Mayor Jarvis MBE expressed his thanks to all of the officers for the work undertaken in bringing the programme approvals forward to the meeting.

RESOLVED – That the Board considered and approved:-

i)         Progression of “Rotherham Parkgate” project to full approval and award of £11.55m grant to South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix A1.

ii)       Progression of “Park Hill 4” to full approval and award of £5.61m to Urban Splash (Park Hill) Limited subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix A2.

iii)      Progression of “Attercliffe Waterside” scheme to full approval and award of £4.08m to Sheffield City Council (SCC) subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix A3.

iv)      Progression of “Sheffield Heart of the City 2 – Block A” to full approval and award of £3m to Sheffield City Council (SCC) subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix A4.

v)       Progression of “Unity Active Travel” to full approval and award of £4.40m to Doncaster Borough Council (DBC) subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix A5.

vi)      Progression of “A61 Wakefield Road Bus Corridor” to full approval and award of £13.29m to SYPTE subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix A6.

vii)    Progression of “Rotherham to Kilnhurst Flood Alleviation” Scheme to full approval and award of £2m to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary at Appendix A7.

viii)   Progression of “Sheffield Future High Streets Fund (Front Door Scheme)” from outline business case (OBC) to full business case (FBC) subject to the conditions set out in the Assurance Summary attached at Appendix B1.

ix)      Approval of Change requests detail in Appendix C.

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 subject to funding being available.