Issue - meetings

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

Resolved:

(a)       In respect of Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) Funding –

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

(i)            That £11.851m of TCF funding is approved to repay development costs incurred by partners and enable further development work on the projects within the programme to enable progression to their next Decision Points of the Assurance Framework.

(ii)          That up to £3m TCF funding is approved, to re-pay spend incurred to date on early development work, previously approved from the Transport Fund Transformational Pot.

(iii)         That the Combined Authority enters into Funding Agreements with partners for expenditure plus the spend incurred to date on early development work, previously approved from the Transport Fund Transformational Pot from the Transforming Cities Fund.

(iv)         That the £4.930m TCF Programme Management allocation is approved to enable the Combined Authority to effectively undertake Programme Management functions for the lifetime of the TCF funded programme.

(v)          That the £1.00m TCF Benefits Realisation allocation is approved, to enable the Combined Authority to provide monitoring and evaluation of the overall programme in line with DfT expectations

(b)       In respect of Emergency Active Travel Funding –

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

(i)         That the Emergency Active Travel Funding work commences on Activity 6 (Delivery).

(ii)        That the expenditure of DfT Emergency Active Travel funding that is allocated to the Combined Authority be approved. Presently, this is £2.513 million, but this could vary as the final allocation of both tranches is dependent on satisfactory plans being submitted to government that set out the proposals to be delivered.

(iii)       That the allocation of the DfT Emergency Active Travel funding between the Combined Authority and the five West Yorkshire partner councils is delegated to the Managing Director.

(c)       In respect of Active & Sustainable Travel in Leeds City Centre (Bishopgate) –

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

(i)       That the Active & Sustainable Travel in Leeds City Centre         (Bishopgate) package of schemes proceeds through decision point 2 (strategic outline case) and work commences on bringing individual schemes through at activity 3 (outline business case).

(ii)      That an indicative approval to the total package value of £39.5 million of which £39.5 million is being funded from the Transforming Cities Fund with full approval to spend being granted once individual schemes have 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 Portfolio Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in the report.

(d)       In respect of A641 Bradford-Brighouse-Huddersfield Corridor –

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

(i)         That the A641 Bradford Huddersfield Corridor project proceeds  ...  view the full decision text for item 7

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:

·         Active & Sustainable Travel in Leeds City Centre (Bishopgate)

·         A641 Bradford-Brighouse-Huddersfield Corridor

·         ‘Connecting Leeds’ from South Leeds and through Wakefield (A61 South)

·         Active & Sustainable Interchange for Harrogate

·         Active & Sustainable Travel across Skipton Town Centre

·         Active & Sustainable Travel to Selby Gateway

·         ‘Connecting Leeds’ towards Castleford and the Five Towns (A639)

·         East Leeds Demand Responsive Transport

·         City Connect: Cross Church Street

·         Halifax Station Gateway

·         Leeds City Centre Package: Armley Gyratory

·         CIP Phase 1 Holmfirth Town Centre

·         City Connect Phase 3 – Castleford Greenway Phase 4

In addition, since the last meeting, decisions on the following schemes have been made by the Investment Committee:

·         Safety, Accessibility and Efficiency Programme: Investing in Bus Stations, Shelters and Clean Growth

·         Monitoring, Evaluation and Bid Development

At their meeting held on 13 May 2020, the Investment Committee had also considered the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) funding and details were outlined in the submitted report. 

Members discussed the details of the Department for Transport’s Emergency Active Travel funding which was to reallocate road space to support safe walking and cycling and to ensure that the road, bus and rail networks were able to respond to future increases in demand.  An indicative total allocation of up to £12.567 million has been confirmed for West Yorkshire, split into two tranches. The first tranche of approximately £2.513 million will be made available in the near future but this could vary. It was agreed that the allocation of the funding between the Combined Authority and the five West Yorkshire partner councils be delegated to the Managing Director. 

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

Resolved:

(a)       In respect of Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) Funding –

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

(i)            That £11.851 million of TCF funding is approved to repay development costs incurred by partners and enable further development work on the projects within the programme to enable progression to the next decision points of the Assurance Framework.

(ii)          That up to £3 million TCF funding is approved, to re-pay spend incurred to date on early development work, previously approved from the Transport Fund Transformational Pot.

(iii)         That the Combined Authority enters into funding agreements with partners for expenditure plus the spend incurred to date on early development work, previously approved from the Transport Fund Transformational Pot from the Transforming Cities Fund.

(iv)         That the £4.930 million TCF Programme Management allocation is approved to enable the Combined Authority to effectively undertake programme management functions for the lifetime of the TCF funded programme.

(v)          That the £1.00 million TCF Benefits Realisation allocation is approved, to enable the Combined Authority to provide monitoring and evaluation of the overall programme in line with DfT expectations

(b)       In respect of Emergency Active Travel Funding –

That following a recommendation from the Investment Committee, the Combined Authority approves:  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7