Issue - decisions

Enhanced Partnership (National Bus Strategy)

14/03/2022 - Enhanced Partnership (National Bus Strategy)

That Cabinet

1.        Authorises the Strategic Director for Communities to make the Enhanced Partnership Plan and Scheme by the end of April 2022.

2.        Authorises the Strategic Director for Communities to carry out the appropriate procedures to make the minor modifications to the Scheme mentioned in paragraph 4.2 of the report.

3.        Authorises the Strategic Director for Communities, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning, to make the further modifications to the Plan and Scheme mentioned in paragraph 4.5 of the report having consulted with the Department for Transport (DfT) and undertaken the necessary statutory consultations.

4.        Authorises the Strategic Director for Communities, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning, to submit the drafts of an Enhanced Partnership Scheme 2 and an Enhanced Partnership Scheme 3 to the DfT later in 2022-23 if he considers it appropriate in light of decisions on the award of external funding and negotiations  with operators.