Decision details

Capital Funding from External Sources towards Improving Bus Infrastructure

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Finance and Property

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Report to the Deputy Leader (Finance and Property) for approval for:

 

1.               The addition of one Developer-funded Highway Scheme to the Capital Programme

2.               Council Officers to submit a Warwickshire bid to the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) fund managed by the Department for Transport, aiming to secure a financial contribution towards the provision of all-electric buses on selected routes

Decisions:

Resolved that the Deputy Leader (Finance and Property) gives approval to the addition of one Developer-funded Highway scheme to the capital programme in respect to bus stop enhancement works on Spinney Hill opposite Montague Road in Warwick, at an approximate cost of £32.5k, and

 

That the Deputy Leader (Finance and Property) gives approval for County Council officers to submit a Warwickshire bid to Round 2 of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) fund managed by the Department for Transport (DfT), which aims to secure an external funding contribution towards the cost of providing all-electric specification buses and supporting infrastructure on designated bus routes in Warwickshire in partnership with Stagecoach Midlands.

 

Report author: Nigel Whyte

Publication date: 14/12/2023

Date of decision: 08/12/2023

Decided at meeting: 08/12/2023 - Portfolio Holder Decisions/Leader Decisions

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