Decision details

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking approval for capital expenditure, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, on schemes already included in the Environment and Transport Capital Programme for 2011/12. The report will include details of the highway improvement schemes that form the largest part of the programme and will be subject to assessment under the Transport Asset Management Plan.

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

(i)  To approve variations, totalling £200,000 in 2011/12, to the Environment and Transport Capital Programme agreed at Council on 16^th February 2011, as detailed in Appendix 4.

(ii)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, capital expenditure of £11,206,000 in 2011/12, as detailed in Appendix 2, from the total Environment and Transport Capital Programme of £19,612,000.

(iii)  To note the detail of the projects within the Capital Programme for 2011/12 as set out in Appendix 3.

1.  To assemble the component funding for City Centre Improvement Projects.

2.  Financial Procedure Rules require that approval to spend is secured to enable the delivery of the Councils Capital Programme each year.

3.  The details of the projects are included to provide Members with relevant information.

1.  The proposed programme is fully funded and is based on available funding levels.

2.  A smaller programme than that proposed would undermine the essential support for the ongoing development of the City, fail to meet the objectives set out in the Local Transport Plan (LTP2) and emerging (LTP3), or deliver any noticeable improvement in the basic highway infrastructure.