Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
- That the condolences
of the GM Mayor and all members of the GMCA be extended to the
families of Councillor Ray Bowker
(Trafford) and Councillor Christine Wild (Bolton) whose funerals
were taking place today.
- That the following
reports be considered as items of Urgent Business:
- Better Buses
Fund
- Revised Levy
Allocation Methodology Agreement for Waste Disposal
Levy
- That the recent
announcement by the Prime Minister regarding HS2 and Northern
PowerHouse Rail, with the establishment
of High Speed North tasked to progress the work be
welcomed.
- That it be noted that
Government will be pressed for the earliest timetable, recognising
that the emphasis must be on delivering the right railway network
to ensure that network capacity is future proofed and is a North -
South and East –West service for the North.
- That it be noted that
strong representations would be made to Government for the
essential investment required at Manchester Piccadilly Rail
Station, in particular in relation to platforms 15 & 16, which
would deliver benefits by easing the Manchester bottleneck and
allowing services to run more freely across the whole of the North
of England.
- That it be noted that
on the 25 February 2020 the GM Mayor Andy Burnham and City Mayor
Paul Dennett have called for a national lobby of Government to
support the residents of Greater Manchester who are victims of
unsafe cladding on residential buildings.
- That it be noted that
the High Rise Task Force would be publishing their report on 25
February 2020.
Publication date: 17/02/2020
Date of decision: 14/02/2020
Decided at meeting: 14/02/2020 - Greater Manchester Combined Authority