Decision details

Resolved: That the Combined Authority, subject to the conditions set by Programme Appraisal Team:

a)    approves the West Yorkshire Mass Transit Programme proceeds through Decision Point 2 and work commences on Activity 3 (outline business case) for the Programme Integration Business Case and on Activity 2 (strategic outline case) for the four phased corridor projects within the programme.

b)    endorses the proposed Mass Transit Programme scope, ambition and network and the approach to phase development of projects within the overall programme.

c)     notes that future assurance of any Mass Transit business case will be “called in” by central government.

d)    indicatively approves £200,000,000 (subject to grant determination letter from government) to develop the West Yorkshire Mass Transit programme. Total scheme value is to be determined.

e)    approves development costs of £31,887,500 in order to progress each of the four phased project business cases to Decision Point 2 (strategic outline case), and the Programme Integration Business Case to Decision Point 3 (subject to Grant Determination letter from Government). This would take the total project approval to £33,928,500.

f)      approves that future approvals are made in accordance with the Approval Pathways and Approval Routes outlined in the submitted report and where required any change requests are delegated to the Transport Committee. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in the submitted report.

Conditions for approval of Activity 2 (SOC) for the Programme Integration Business Case:

g)    Provide full details of the optioneering and options appraisal methodology, including clearly defined critical success factor development and use, criteria on technology and route options, low-cost options considered and first phase option criteria and include how approval was managed at each stage.

h)    Provide information on cost benchmarking exercise.

i)       Provide stated Data Protection Impact Assessments.