Issue - items at meetings - Local Transport Plan Capital Programme 2012/13

Report of the Strategic Director; Place (copy attached).

(1)               That the allocation of £6.456 million worth of funding for the 2012/13 Local Transport Plan capital programme to the Capital Renewal  (Maintenance) and Integrated Transport work programmes set out in Appendix 1 of the report be approved; and

(2)               That the indicative allocation of Local Transport Plan capital resources for 2013/14 and 2014/15 as part of a 3-year Delivery Plan, as set out in Appendix 1, which will be subject to future budget decisions be noted.

216.1    Councillor Davey introduced the report which detailed the local transport plan capital programme for 2012/13.  He stated that it was a very important report and outlined the main sources of funding for transport related projects across the city, which would seek to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality and enable a better quality of life for all residents.

216.2    Councillor Mitchell welcomed the report and the additional funding that had been secured from the Local; Transport Fund and European Funding.  She stated that she felt the periodic reviews could be two-yearly as they appeared to be a lengthy gap as proposed and hoped that the objectives would be measured.

216.3    Councillor G. Theobald welcomed the report and queried what was meant by unspecified measures on pages 56 and 57 and what were the freight management measures listed at appendix 1.

216.4    Councillor Davey stated the investment in the transport infrastructure was important and further information was awaited in relation to the i360 project.  There was also a need to develop a coherent freight management strategy and he was hopeful that this would be coming forward, but noted that it was a challenge across the country in regard to keeping traffic moving.

216.5    RESOLVED:

(1)         That the allocation of £6.456 million worth of funding for the 2012/13 Local Transport Plan capital programme to the Capital Renewal  (Maintenance) and Integrated Transport work programmes set out in Appendix 1 of the report be approved; and

(2)         That the indicative allocation of Local Transport Plan capital resources for 2013/14 and 2014/15 as part of a 3-year Delivery Plan, as set out in Appendix 1, which will be subject to future budget decisions be noted.