Issue - meetings

[To approve the Noose Lane to School Street active travel project]

1.      That the construction of a segregated cycle route from Noose Lane to School Street, a project that would form part of the A454 corridor active travel scheme be approved.

2.      That the commencement of Early Contract Involvement totalling a spend of £15,000 be approved.

3.      That it be noted that approval of a capital budget for delivery of the scheme, subject to a signed grant agreement, would be sought as part of theCapital Budget Outturn 2021-2022 including Quarter One Capital Budget Monitoring 2022-2023 report at this same meeting.

4.      That it be noted that the Director of Finance would review and enter into the grant agreement for Active Travel Fund Tranche 3 for delivery of the scheme.

Councillor Steve Evans presented the report on a proposal to construct a segregated cycle route from Noose Lane to School Street, Wolverhampton. The Council had been successful in gaining £1.905 million from the Department for Transport Active Travel Fund (Tranche 3) to fund the scheme. It formed part of the wider A454 corridor programme that aimed to provide high quality cycling infrastructure and tackle traffic congestion along the A454 from the Wolverhampton ring road to Walsall ring road.

Resolved:

1.    That the construction of a segregated cycle route from Noose Lane to School Street, a project that would form part of the A454 corridor active travel scheme be approved.

2.    That the commencement of Early Contract Involvement totalling a spend of £15,000 be approved.

3.    That it be noted that approval of a capital budget for delivery of the scheme, subject to a signed grant agreement, would be sought as part of theCapital Budget Outturn 2021-2022 including Quarter One Capital Budget Monitoring 2022-2023 report at this same meeting.

4.    That it be noted that the Director of Finance would review and enter into the grant agreement for Active Travel Fund Tranche 3 for delivery of the scheme.