Issue - meetings

To consider the attached report.

The Committee considered a report which provided an update on the implementation of the Cycle City Ambition Grant programme and approach to delivery of the preferred suite of projects within the programme in order to manage the available funding effectively.

The report outlined progress to date and it was noted that WYCA has worked with partner authorities to review the scope of the programme. Members discussed the summary and outcomes of the review which aimed to maintain the ambition of transformed infrastructure connecting towns and cities, within the approved funding envelope.

Members thanked officers for the opportunity to ask detailed questions about the programme and its projects.

Resolved:

(i)                 That the inclusion of the DfT grant funding offers of £700k (capital) and £1.5m (revenue) within the programme and expenditure on related cycling and walking initiatives, as approved by WYCA on 6 April 2017, be noted.

(ii)               That the approach to managing the CCAG budget be noted and that the remaining projects within the programme, in Table 2 of the report, are put on a ‘reserve list’ and must go through further assessment to select which to take forward that will bring overall programme within total budget.

(iii)             That it be noted that the following schemes will proceed to delivery:

•          Leeds City Centre Project – Leeds City Council

•          Wakefield to Castleford: Phase 1 – Wakefield District Council

•          Calderdale Canals: Phase 1 – Canals River Trust

•          Leeds-Liverpool Canal (Airedale Greenway) – Canals River Trust

•          Huddersfield Narrow Canal – Canals River Trust

•          Bradford Canal Road – Bradford District Council

(iv)              That the removal of the cycle hubs and neighbourhood projects, and alternative means of progressing this type of intervention, be noted.