Decision details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking approval to spend and to provide details of the Environment and Transport capital programme 2014/15.

(i)  To approve capital variations to the Environment and Transport Capital Programme, totalling £1,176,000 in 2014/15, as detailed in Appendix 4.

(ii)  To approve the addition of £620,000 to the Environment and Transport Capital Programme for the Highways Improvements (Developers) scheme, to be funded from S106 developer contributions, as detailed in Appendix 4.

(iii)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, capital expenditure of £6,176,000 in 2014/15, as detailed in Appendix 2, from the total Environment and Transport Capital Programme of £24,517,000.

(iv)  To note the detail of the projects within the Environment and Capital Programme for 2014/15 to be approved by this report, as set out in Appendix 3.

(v)  To note the intervention levels for highways maintenance defects in Appendix 5 and agree that these should be retained.

1.  Financial Procedure Rules require that approval to spend is secured to enable the delivery of the Council’s Capital Programme each year.

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

3.  To amend the funding allocations in response to the latest Transport Asset Management priorities for road surfacing projects and to enhance the Eastern Cycle Route project.

4.  It is good practice to review maintenance defect intervention levels regularly to confirm they are appropriate.

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 (LTP3), or deliver any noticeable improvement in the basic highway infrastructure.