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(Member lead: Cllr D Jeffery, Director: Melanie Corcoran)

Resolved:

(a)       In respect of Leeds Transport Model Update 2020 –

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

(i)         That the Leeds Transport Model Update 2020 project proceeds through Decision Point 2 and work commences on Activity 5 (full business case with finalised costs).

(ii)        That an indicative approval of £600,000 is given from the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund towards a total scheme cost of £1.2 million with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the assurance process to Decision Point 5.

(iii)       That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in the submitted 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 the report.

(b)       In respect of York City Centre Access Improvements –

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

(i)         That the York City Centre Access Improvements scheme proceeds through decision point 2 (strategic outline case) and work commences on activity 3 (outline business case).

(ii)        That an indicative approval to the total project value of £8.1 million is given from the West Yorkshire-plus Transport Fund with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the assurance process to decision point 5.

(iii)       That development costs of £355,000 be approved in order to progress the scheme to activity 3 (outline business case).

(iv)       That the Combined Authority enters into a Funding Agreement with City of York Council for expenditure of up to £355,000 from the West Yorkshire-plus Transport Fund.

(v)        That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in the submitted report including at decision point 4 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 set out in the report.

(c)        In respect of Leeds City Region Future Mobility Zone –

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

(i)         That the Future Mobility Zone (FMZ) programme proceeds through Decision Point 2 and work commences on the development of business cases for individual packages

(ii)        That an indicative approval to £30.793 million, which will be funded from the Local Transport Plan (£2.75 million), the Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme (£0.763 million) and the Department for Transport FMZ fund (£27.28 million) is given with full approval to spend being granted as individual scheme or packages have progressed through the Assurance Process to Decision Point 5. The total programme cost is £32.01 million, including £1.22 million from District Partners.

(iii)       That an approval for development funding of £2.01 million be made to enable initial work on outline business cases for individual packages, subject to DfT funding being  ...  view the full decision text for item 64

The Combined Authority considered a report of the Director of Delivery on the progress and funding for the following schemes through the Combined Authority’s assurance process:

·         Leeds Transport Model Update 2020

·         York City Centre Access Improvements

·         Leeds City Region Future Mobility Zone

·         Hebden Bridge Flood Alleviation

·         Corn Exchange Gateway

·         Enterprise Zone: Parry Lane

·         Leeds Inland Port

·         Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway

·         Network Navigation

·         Moorthorpe Rail Car Park

It was noted that since the last meeting, decisions on the following schemes have been made by the Investment Committee:

·         York Outer Ring Road – Phase 3 – Clifton Moor

·         Bradford City Centre Heritage Properties Development Scheme

·         York Scarborough Bridge (foot & cycle bridge)

·         Superfast Broadband West Yorkshire and York Contract 3

Details of all the schemes were provided in the submitted report.

In respect of the Clifton Business Park Enterprise Zone, it was noted that at its meeting held on10 October 2019, the Combined Authority had approved for the scheme to proceed through decision point 3 and work commence on activity 5 (full business case with finalised costs).  However the requirement to enter into a funding agreement with Calderdale Council had been omitted from the report’s recommendations and therefore the Combined Authority now gave approval for this.

Members noted the update and proposals set out in paragraph 3.11 of the report on the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund review.  It was reported that the Investment Committee had considered a report summarising the review at its meeting on 9 January 2020 and an outline of the Transport Fund projects, including actual and forecast spend was attached at Appendix 1 and revised programme dates for each project were provided in Appendix 2. 

Resolved:

(a)       In respect of Leeds Transport Model Update 2020 –

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

(i)         That the Leeds Transport Model Update 2020 project proceeds through Decision Point 2 and work commences on Activity 5 (full business case with finalised costs).

(ii)        That an indicative approval of £600,000 is given from the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund towards a total scheme cost of £1.2 million with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the assurance process to Decision Point 5.

(iii)       That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in the submitted 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 the report.

(b)       In respect of York City Centre Access Improvements –

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

(i)         That the York City Centre Access Improvements scheme proceeds through decision point 2 (strategic outline case) and work commences on activity 3 (outline business case).

(ii)        That an indicative approval to the total project value of £8.1 million is given from the West  ...  view the full minutes text for item 64