Agenda item - Transport Capital and Maintenance Programme 2026-27

1)             Cabinet agrees the £8.801m 2026/27 Local Transport Grant capital budget is allocated as set out in Table 2.

2)             Cabinet agrees to delegate authorisation of submissions to the Department for Transport on outline delivery proposals for 2027-2030 to the Corporate Director for City Operations in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport & City Infrastructure.

3)             Cabinet agrees the indicative Planned Maintenance Programme for 2026/27 as set out in Appendix 1 and agrees the updated Highway Asset Management Policy and Strategy 2026 as set out in Appendix 2.

4)             Cabinet agrees the 2026/27 Safer Better Streets priority schemes as set out in Appendix 3.

5)             The Cabinet gives delegated authority to the Corporate Director for City Operations, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport & City Infrastructure, to finalise the updated Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) route prioritisation (Appendix 4) following engagement with members of the Transport & Travel Partnership and to use scheme development funding according to this prioritisation.

128.1   Cabinet considered a report that sought approval of the £8.801m capital grant allocated in 2026/27 through the government’s Local Transport Grant and Maintenance Block funding process. The report also sought endorsement of the indicative 2026/27 Planned Maintenance Programme and update to the schemes prioritised within the Council’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP). This would inform the allocation of grant funding for scheme development.

128.2   Councillors Taylor, Sankey, Rowkins, Robins and Robinson asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

128.3   Resolved-

1)             Cabinet agrees the £8.801m 2026/27 Local Transport Grant capital budget is allocated as set out in Table 2.

2)             Cabinet agrees to delegate authorisation of submissions to the Department for Transport on outline delivery proposals for 2027-2030 to the Corporate Director for City Operations in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport & City Infrastructure.

3)             Cabinet agrees the indicative Planned Maintenance Programme for 2026/27 as set out in Appendix 1 and agrees the updated Highway Asset Management Policy and Strategy 2026 as set out in Appendix 2.

4)             Cabinet agrees the 2026/27 Safer Better Streets priority schemes as set out in Appendix 3.

5)             The Cabinet gives delegated authority to the Corporate Director for City Operations, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport & City Infrastructure, to finalise the updated Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) route prioritisation (Appendix 4) following engagement with members of the Transport & Travel Partnership and to use scheme development funding according to this prioritisation.