Decision details

Halifax, Walking Cycling and Bus Transformation Package - Halifax Bus Station

Decision Maker: ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Approval for the scheme to progress through Activity 4 (Full Business Case).

Decision:

(i)              That in respect of the Halifax, Walking Cycling and Bus Transformation Package – Halifax Bus Station the Investment Committee approved that:

(a)         The Halifax Bus Station scheme proceeds through decision point 4 (full business case) and work commences on activity 5 (full business case with finalised costs).

(b)        Indicative approval to total scheme costs of £15.805 million, with £15.4 million to be funded through the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) and £405,000 from the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund (WY+TF), with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the assurance process to decision point 5 (full business case with finalised costs).

(c)         Additional approval to £1.12 million development costs from the TCF fund, of which £421,000 is to reimburse the WY+TF and £700,000 to support development costs to progress to full business case with finalised costs (activity 5), taking the total approval to the scheme to £1.53 million.

(d)        Approval to enter into a funding agreement with Calderdale Council for advanced works development activity as determined by the Project team, ahead of the next decision point 5, for an amount to be determined by the Project team within the overall approved development costs of £1.53 million as outlined in (iii)

(e)         Future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in this report including at decision point 5 through a delegation to the Combined Authority’s Managing Director following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.

 

Report author: Mark Gregory

Publication date: 01/09/2020

Date of decision: 01/09/2020

Decided at meeting: 01/09/2020 - ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee

Effective from: 09/09/2020