Issue - meetings

Executive Board considered the attached report:-

RECOMMENDED: That Council

1)    note the Local Transport Settlement final allocations for 2013/14 and 2014/15;

2)    approve the following sums for incorporation into the Council’s Capital Programme for 2013/14:

§  Transport Implementation Programme £2,685,000;

§  Transport Major Scheme Capital Funding (SJB) £2,460,000

• Additional Local Highways Maintenance Funding £355,000; and

3)    agree the detailed programme of schemes, based, where appropriate, upon the four year Implementation Programme described in the Local Transport Plan, and authority be delegated to the Strategic Director, Policy and Resources, in consultation with the Executive Board Member for Transportation.

Council considered a report of the Strategic Director, Policy and Resources, on the Transport Capital Implementation Programme 2013/14.

          Halton’s Local Transport Plan (LTP3) was approved on 17 March 2011. It contained the key issues for transport in Halton, identified through a public consultation exercise, and were attached at Appendix 1. These issues were addressed by LTP3 through a series of local goals which linked to both national and local priorities.

          It was reported that capital funding for local transport was provided by central Government through the Integrated Transport and Highway Maintenance Block Allocations. The grant was based on needs-based formulae which took account of a wide range of road, transport and other related data, specific to the authority.

          The Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed the funding settlement for 2013/14 on 21 December 2012. The report provided details of the Major Scheme Capital Funding, Additional Maintenance Funding, Transport Block Implementation Programmes and Detailed Implementation Programmes.

          RESOLVED: That

1)    the Local Transport Settlement final allocations for 2013/14 and 2014/15 be noted;

2)    the following sums be approved for incorporation into the Council’s Capital Programme for 2013/14:

§  Transport Implementation Programme £2,685,000;

§  Transport Major Scheme Capital Funding (SJB) £2,460,000

• Additional Local Highways Maintenance Funding £355,000; and

3)    authority to agree the detailed programme of schemes, based, where appropriate, upon the four year Implementation Programme described in the Local Transport Plan, be delegated to the Strategic Director, Policy and Resources, in consultation with the Executive Board Member for Transportation.

          The Board considered a response of the Strategic Director, Policy and Resources, on the Transport Capital Implementation Programme 2013/14.

          The Board was reminded that at its meeting on 17 March 2011, Halton’s Local Transport Plan (LTP3) was approved. It contained the key issues for transport in Halton, identified through a public consultation exercise, and were attached at Appendix 1. These issues were addressed by LTP3 through a series of local goals which linked to both national and local priorities.

          It was reported that capital funding for local transport was provided by central Government through the Integrated Transport and Highway Maintenance Block Allocations. The grant was based on needs-based formulae which took account of a wide range of road, transport and other related data, specific to the authority.

          The Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed the funding settlement for 2013/14 on 21 December 2012. The report provided details of the Major Scheme Capital Funding, Additional Maintenance Funding, Transport Block Implementation Programmes and Detailed Implementation Programmes.

          RESOLVED: That

1)    the Local Transport Settlement final allocations for 2013/14 and 2014/15 be noted;

2)    Council be recommended to approve the following sums for incorporation into the Council’s Capital Programme for 2013/14:

§  Transport Implementation Programme £2,685,000;

§  Transport Major Scheme Capital Funding (SJB) £2,460,000

• Additional Local Highways Maintenance Funding £355,000; and

3)    authority to agree the detailed programme of schemes, based, where appropriate, upon the four year Implementation Programme described in the Local Transport Plan, be delegated to the Strategic Director, Policy and Resources, in consultation with the Executive Board Member for Transportation.