Decision details

Resolved:  In respect of the Rail Park & Ride Programme Phase 2 -

That following a recommendation from the Investment Committee, the Combined Authority approves:

(i)         That the Rail Park & Ride Programme Phase 2 proceeds through decision point 2 and work on the individual schemes commences on activity 3 (outline business case).

(ii)        That an indicative approval to the total project delivery cost of £33.638 million is given which will be funded entirely by the Combined Authority (with £5 million from the Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme to fund works at New Pudsey rail station and £28.638 million from over-programming against the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund) with full approval to spend being granted once individual projects have progressed through the assurance process to decision point 5 (full business case with finalised costs).

(iii)       That development costs of up to £2.016m are approved in order to progress the scheme to decision point 3 (outline business case) from over-programming against the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund.

(iv)       That future approvals are made in accordance with the approval pathway and approval route outlined in the submitted report, including the use of a delegation to the Combined Authority’s Managing Director at decision points 3 and 5, following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This approval route will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined above.