Decision details

The Cabinet considered an update on the successful Greater Manchester bid to the Government’s Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport for £23.8m Local Full Fibre Networks funding (LFFN) and considered proposals for additional financial and officer support to implement the programme. The Cabinet then agreed that

·         agreement in principle be given to the participation of the Council in the programme, the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport grant funding and signing of appropriate Inter-Authority Agreements and Delivery Management Agreement to deliver the programme;

·         approval be given to the ‘up-front’ capital investment of £740,000 (as described in 5.3 and Appendix A of the report);

·         approval be given the allocation of staff resources including a project manager (as described in 6.2 of the report).

·         delegated authority be given to the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration to enter into any legal document and to take such other steps as were necessary to facilitate the programme;

·         delegated authority be given to the Head of Legal, Democratic Governance, Estates and Asset Management authority do all things necessary or incidental to the implementation of the above-mentioned resolutions.

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