Decision details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking to accept grant funding from the Department for Transport for the successful Clean Bus Technology Fund bid.  The bid involves reducing oxides of nitrogen (NCx) emissions from local buses.

The report concerns 2 elements:
1. the receipt of any funding following a successful bid.
2. To add the Department for Transport grant and Local Transport Plan (LTP) contribution to the capital programme with approval to spend.

(i)  To accept the award from the Department of Transport Clean Bus Technology Fund (CBTF) Grant of £632,700.

(ii)  To amend the existing Environment and Capital Programme by the following capital variation and addition totalling £703,000:-

a.  Capital variation of £70,000 of LTP government grant from the capital scheme “Congestion Reduction” to the new capital scheme “Cleaner Bus Transport Fund”,

b.  Capital addition of £633,000 of DfT Clean Bus Technology Fund (CBTF) government grant to the new capital scheme “Cleaner Bus Transport Fund”,

(iii)  To approve capital expenditure of £703,000 in 2013/14 for the new Environment and Transport Capital Scheme “Cleaner Bus Transport Fund”,

Financial Procedure Rules require that funding is added to the capital programme and approval to spend is secured to enable the delivery of projects within the Council’s Capital Programme.

An option is not to approve the receipt of grant funding from the DfT.  This would result in not being able to carry out the proposed project as outlined in the associated bid document.

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