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Meeting: 14/09/2016 - Cabinet (Item 70)

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Report of the Head of Planning, Transportation & Environment (PTE/16/43) on the revised transport capital programme for 2016/17, excluding maintenance, attached. 

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Minutes:

(Councillors Biederman, Connett, Greenslade, Hook, Julian, Squires, Way and Westlake attended in accordance with Standing Order 25(2) and spoke to this item).

 

The Cabinet considered the Report of the Head of Planning, Transportation and Environment   (PTE/16/43) on the revised transport capital programme for 2016/17, excluding maintenance. 

 

The Head of Service reported that while the Cabinet had, in September 2015, previously approved a two year programme for capital transport schemes for 2015/16 and 2016/17 it was now necessary to revise and update the 2016/17 programme to reflect changes in some scheme costs, funding sources and timing. The programme contained a substantial number of schemes in many areas, each developing at different rates dependent on engineering and environmental constraints.  The revised programme provided the necessary flexibility to respond to opportunities such as the purchase of land, achieving matched funding and obtaining additional partner and developer funding contributions. The focus of the 2016/17 programme remained substantially unchanged from that approved in September 2015, supporting economic growth alongside Local Plans and Appendix I to Report PTE/16/43 set  out the revised 2016/17 programmes.

 

Members acknowledged that funding pressures remained tight with the Local Transport Plan Integrated Block settlement from Government now at an annual level of around £3,600,000 compared to over £6,000,000 in previous year and over £10,000,000 in 2009/10.  Other local contributions such as s106 or Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) were also under significant pressure.  External funding sources continued to support a major part of the capital programme.

 

The Head of Service’s Report affirmed that an Impact Assessment relating to the transport capital programme had been completed at the time the programme had initially been determined and that individual schemes would necessarily be the subject of formal assessments presented to the Cabinet or the relevant Highways & Traffic Orders Committee at the appropriate time. 

 

The matter having been debated and the options and/or alternatives and other relevant factors (e.g. financial, environmental, risk management, equality and legal considerations and Public Health impact) set out in the Head of Service’s Report and/or referred to above having been considered:

 

It was MOVED by Councillor Leadbetter, SECONDED by Councillor Hughes, and

 

RESOLVED

 

(a) that approval be given to the enhancement of the Place 2016/17 capital programme by £837,000 (being £718,000 from developer contributions and £119,000 external contributions);

 

(b) that of the enhancements at (a) above, £275,000 be committed to enable schemes to proceed in advance of full funding being received;

 

(c) that the revised allocations for Local Transport Plan (LTP) schemes set out in Appendix I to Report PTE/16/43 be approved;

 

(d) that the Head of Planning, Transportation and Environment, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highway Management and Flood Prevention or Cabinet Member for Economy, Growth and Cabinet Liaison for Exeter, be authorised to make any consequential   amendments to the Integrated Block allocations;

 

(e) that Report PTE/16/43 be also circulated, for information, to Highways & Traffic Orders Committees.

 

[NB: The Impact Assessment referred to above may be viewed alongside Minutes of this meeting and may also  ...  view the full minutes text for item 70



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