Agenda item

Transportation Capital Programme 2020-2021 and Future Years

[To approve the Transport Capital Programme 2020-2021 and future years]

Decision:

1.      That the list of projects for development and implementation as part of the Transportation Capital Programme 2020-2021 and future years, as set out in appendices 3, 4, 5 and 6 to the report be approved.

 

2.      That the Head of City Transport be authorised to proceed with development work for each project on the list including surveying, site investigation, options appraisal, feasibility analysis, traffic modelling, detailed design, statutory advertising and public consultation, as appropriate.

 

3.      That the projects marked ‘Approve’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report be approved for implementation, subject to the availability of funding.

 

4.      That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an Individual Executive Decision Notice (IEDN), implementation of the projects on the list marked ‘IEDN’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report, subject to the satisfactory outcome of public consultation, availability of funding and any other relevant considerations.

 

5.      That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an IEDN, the bringing forward of projects from appendix 5 to appendices 3 or 4 to the report and thereafter to approve them for implementation during 2020-2021 subject to the satisfactory outcome of public consultation, availability of funding and any other relevant considerations.

 

6.      That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an IEDN, appropriate virements between existing approved budgets within the transport capital programme maximising use of resources.

 

7.      That further reports be submitted at the appropriate time in order to obtain the necessary authority to implement the projects marked ‘Cabinet’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report.

 

8.      That the Chief Legal Officer be authorised to serve all necessary notices in respect of the projects listed in appendices 3 and 4 to the report and, subject to there being no unresolved objections, make traffic regulation orders as required.

 

10.That the Head of City Transport be authorised to make applications and bids for additional external funding noting that agreement ahead of submission would be obtained from the Director of Finance and appropriate governance would be followed to amend budgets on receipt of such funding.

 

11.That the Director of Finance be authorised to approve the Council entering into funding agreements with the various funding bodies to receive grant funding in respect of the projects included in the report.

 

12.That the expenditure and progress made in delivering £41 million worth of projects in the Transportation Capital Programme during 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 as set out in appendix 2 to the report be approved.

 

13.That the Council’s continuing success in bidding for additional funding and delivering new projects through the Local Growth Fund, Access to Growth, and the West Midlands Combined Authority be noted.


 

Minutes:

Councillor Steve Evans presented the report on a programme of capital projects to develop and maintain the transportation network for the financial year 2020-2021 and future years, subject to available resources and annual review.  The programme covered highways improvements projects, local safety schemes, cycling programme and a cycling strategy, safer routes to school, disabled access and street lighting.    Councillor Evans also informed Cabinet that as a result of the Government’s response to Covid-19, local authorities had been instructed to look at their town/city infrastructures and ensure that by no later than 15 June they had in place a safe infrastructure for people to walk or cycle. As a result, the Council had put in place plans to temporarily reduce the speed limit around the Ring Road from 40 mph to 30 mph.  This was one of a package of temporary measures being put in place to make sure if the public want to cycle or walk into the city centre, that there is a safe environment for them. The package of measures would be reviewed and monitored.  Where they are found to have worked well and benefitted the city as a whole there would be an opportunity for the Council to bid for Government funding to make them permanent.  Councillor Steve Evans also placed on record his thanks to the officers who do excellent work in attracting funding from Government and other funding streams to enable the Council to maintain its roads to a good standard and deliver road safety schemes that it had.

 

Cabinet members welcomed the decision to temporarily reduce the speed limit along the Ring Road, pointing to the significant difference it would have on road safety and on encouraging cycling around the City. Cabinet colleagues also placed on record their thanks to the Highways team for their work in maintaining the network during the lockdown.

 

Resolved:

1.    That the list of projects for development and implementation as part of the Transportation Capital Programme 2020-2021 and future years, as set out in appendices 3, 4, 5 and 6 to the report be approved.

 

2.    That the Head of City Transport be authorised to proceed with development work for each project on the list including surveying, site investigation, options appraisal, feasibility analysis, traffic modelling, detailed design, statutory advertising and public consultation, as appropriate.

 

3.    That the projects marked ‘Approve’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report be approved for implementation, subject to the availability of funding.

 

4.    That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an Individual Executive Decision Notice (IEDN), implementation of the projects on the list marked ‘IEDN’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report, subject to the satisfactory outcome of public consultation, availability of funding and any other relevant considerations.

 

5.    That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an IEDN, the bringing forward of projects from appendix 5 to appendices 3 or 4 to the report and thereafter to approve them for implementation during 2020-2021 subject to the satisfactory outcome of public consultation, availability of funding and any other relevant considerations.

 

6.    That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an IEDN, appropriate virements between existing approved budgets within the transport capital programme maximising use of resources.

 

7.    That further reports be submitted at the appropriate time in order to obtain the necessary authority to implement the projects marked ‘Cabinet’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report.

 

8.    That the Chief Legal Officer be authorised to serve all necessary notices in respect of the projects listed in appendices 3 and 4 to the report and, subject to there being no unresolved objections, make traffic regulation orders as required.

 

9.    That the Head of City Transport be authorised to make applications and bids for additional external funding noting that agreement ahead of submission would be obtained from the Director of Finance and appropriate governance would be followed to amend budgets on receipt of such funding.

 

10.That the Director of Finance be authorised to approve the Council entering into funding agreements with the various funding bodies to receive grant funding in respect of the projects included in the report.

 

11.That the expenditure and progress made in delivering £41 million worth of projects in the Transportation Capital Programme during 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 as set out in appendix 2 to the report be approved.

 

12.That the Council’s continuing success in bidding for additional funding and delivering new projects through the Local Growth Fund, Access to Growth, and the West Midlands Combined Authority be noted.

 

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