To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking acceptance of a funding package from the Department for Transport (DfT) for a Sustainable Travel Programme, adding it to the Council’s revenue and capital programme. A further report will be presented to Cabinet on the Delivery Plan to March 2015 and the options for governance arrangements and delivery mechanisms.
In early July 2011, the DfT announced that Southampton City Council had been successful in its application to deliver a programme of work by March 2015, against the eligibility criteria set out for the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund, under the title ‘Southampton Sustainable Transport City’.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Decision due: 19 Dec 2011 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport
Lead director: Frank Baxter
Department: Environment and Transport Portfolio
Contact: 023 8083 2725.
Consultation process
For the preparation of the bid, consultation included a Steering group, correspondence, a day Design and Delivery workshop, and an independent Travel Survey of 1500 residents. Letters of support were received from 8 organisations.
Consultees
University of Southampton, Sustrans, and relevant Council departments.
Public Comments may be sent to: John Roseveare, Project Manager LSTF Delivery One Guildhall Square john.roseveare@southampton.gov.uk