Decision details

Resolved

That Cabinet:

1)  Recommends that Council:

•    Approves the allocation of £6.645m from the Capital Investment Fund to the Emscote Road Corridor Improvements Scheme;

•    Adds the scheme to the capital programme at a total cost of £10.239m; and

•    Agrees that the allocation from the Capital Investment Fund is reduced by the amount of any alternative external funding secured in the future.

2)  Subject to Council approving recommendation 1), authorises the Strategic Director for Communities to invite tenders and award all necessary contracts, on terms acceptable to the Strategic Director for Resources, and secure all necessary consents and take all such other steps as the Strategic Director for Communities considers necessary to deliver the scheme.