Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking approval of the receipt of funding from the Department for Transports’ Access Fund in order to deliver the ‘Southampton: Driving our cycling ambition into local towns, schools, colleges and workplaces’ programme for three years up until 31st March 2020, attached.

The report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport was submitted seeking approval for the receipt of funding from the Department of Transports Access Fund in order to deliver the ‘Southampton: Driving our cycling ambition into local towns, schools, colleges and workplaces’ programme for three years up until 31^st March 2020. 

RESOLVED:

(i)  To approve the receipt of Access Funds, totalling £2,294,000, awarded by the Department for Transport for 2017/18 through to 2019/20.

(ii)  To approve the addition of £816,000 to the Environment & Transport Portfolio’s revenue budget for 2017/18 and to note that the remaining £1,478,000 of the Access Fund award will need to be added to the revenue budgets for 2018/19 and 2019/20.

(iii)  To approve the allocation of Local Transport Plan funds, totalling £300,000, from the Sustainable Travel and Integrated Transport budgets, within the approved Environment & Transport Portfolio Capital Programme, in order to match fund the grant at approximately 12.5% of the total.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking approval of the receipt of funding from the Department for Transports’ Access Fund in order to deliver the ‘Southampton: Driving our cycling ambition into local towns, schools, colleges and workplaces’ programme for three years up until 31st March 2020, attached.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 17/18 18793)

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

(i)  To recommend that Council approve the receipt of Access Funds, totalling £2,294,000, awarded by the Department for Transport for 2017/18 through to 2019/20.

(ii)  To recommend that Council approve the addition of £816,000 to the Environment & Transport Portfolio’s revenue budget for 2017/18 and to note that the remaining £1,478,000 of the Access Fund award will need to be added to the revenue budgets for 2018/19 and 2019/20.

(iii)  To recommend that Council approve the allocation of Local Transport Plan funds, totalling £300,000, from the Sustainable Travel and Integrated Transport budgets, within the approved Environment & Transport Portfolio Capital Programme, in order to match fund the grant at approximately 12.5% of the total.