Decision details

RESOLVED/-

1.         That the current position in relation to CRSTS1 and CRSTS2 be noted.

2.         That the drawdown and reallocation of CRSTS funding and associated scheme for progression be approved as follows:

• Access for All: £4.71m CRSTS funding;

• Rapid Transit Integration Programme:

Stop Improvements and New Stops Package. £1.28m CRSTS funding;

• Future Rapid Transit Programme:

Extensions Package. £3.3m CRSTS funding;

• Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI): £1.09m CRSTS funding;

• Manchester: Ancoats Streets for All. Full Business Case approval and £1.36m CRSTS funding;

• Manchester: Transforming Deansgate: £2.15m CRSTS funding;

• Stockport: Queens Road Bridge (Strategic Maintenance). Reallocation of £0.5m and drawdown of a further £2.6m CRSTS funding;

• Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Programme: Depot Electrification: total of £37.8m CRSTS funding £25.3m and match funding £12.5m;

• ZEB Programme: Reallocation of £1.57m of ZEB Programme Tranche 1 funding;

• Improving Journeys – Orbital Bus Routes (QBT) – Traffic Signal Upgrades.

Full Business Case approval and £0.21m CRSTS funding; and

• Core Highways, Strategic Highways and Local Safety & Minor Works

Maintenance funding for 2024/25, totalling £57.85m.

3.       That the drawdown of and variations to Active Travel funding be approved as follows:

• £1.025m of MCF funding for Tameside’s Active Neighbourhoods, Phase 2;

• £3.59m of MCF funding for Manchester’s Levenshulme Active Neighbourhood;

• £1.8m of Active Travel Fund Round 4 (ATF4) funding for Salford Chapel Street East, Phase 1; and

• Agree formal MCF scheme budget variations for Manchester City Council as set out in paragraph 3.12.

4.        That the release of £0.994m from previously approved funding to facilitate the replacement of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) with a digital solution be noted.

5.             That it be noted that a decision in relation to Access for All funding was expected early May. However, should no decision on next round of funding be forthcoming in the near future it was agreed that a letter be issued to Government on behalf of the Bee Network Committee requesting an update on progress.