Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration

The report describes the proposed Transportation Capital Programme for 2014/15 and identifies the various funding sources that contribute to this programme and requests that the Committee comments on the proposed programme.

The Scrutiny Committee is requested to comment on the detailed 2014/15 Transportation Capital Programme prior to it being submitted for approval by the Executive Councillors (Communities & Sustainability) and (Economic Development & Regeneration).

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A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) outlining the proposed Transportation Capital Programme for 2014/15 and identifying the various funding sources that contributed to the programme.

It was reported that the Transportation Capital Programme for 2014/15 had been funded from a variety of sources including the Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan, additional maintenance funding from the Government, various successful bids (including some as part of Greater Manchester bids for example the Cycle City Ambition Grant and the Local Sustainable Transport Fund) and individual bids for the Pinchpoint Fund, drainage schemes etc. The maintenance related programmes had been developed using a needs based approach incorporating the outcome of detailed condition surveys. Other elements had been focused on supporting corporate priorities and the detailed criteria required by individual funding sources.

The Executive had previously approved a Highways Investment Programme as part of its budget considerations and a separate report would be developed relating to this programme. The work undertaken to determine this investment programme had informed the prioritisation of schemes for this programme.

The Executive Councillor (Economic Development & Regeneration) (Councillor Iain Roberts) attended the meeting to respond to Members’ questions.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.