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Report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking approval for the receipt of a revenue grant from the DfT’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 14/15 13456)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To accept LSTF revenue grant of £996,500 from the Department for Transport (DfT);

(ii)  To add £996,500 to the 2015/16 revenue estimates of the Environment and Transport Portfolio funded by the DfT grant (subject to approval of the budget strategy at full Council in February 2015);

(iii)  To increase by £105,000 the Sustainable Travel capital scheme, contained within the Environment and Transport Portfolio capital programme, funded by £65,000 of 2015/16 Local Transport Plan government grant and £40,000 of site specific ‘Section 106’ developer contributions;

(iv)  To increase by £140,000 the Integrated Transport Systems capital scheme, contained within the within the Environment and Transport Portfolio capital programme, wholly funded by 2015/16 Local Transport Plan government grant; and

(v)  To approve capital expenditure in 2015/16 of £105,000 on the Sustainable Travel capital scheme and £140,000 on the Integrated Transport Systems capital scheme, which form part of the Council’s match funding for the LSTF bid