Delivering the Bee Network: Bus Fares, Zero Emission Buses, Bus Depots and CRSTS
Report of GM Mayor, Andy Burnham.
Additional documents:
Decision:
1. That the reallocation of funds, previously allocated, in accordance with the agreed Franchising Depot Strategy for the purchase of the existing Stockport Bus Depot, to fund the design and construction of a new Stockport Bus depot be approved.
2. That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM, in consultation with the Mayor of Greater Manchester and the Chief Executive of Stockport MBC, to put in place the necessary arrangements, in accordance with the Department for Transport ZEBRA funding to design and construct a new bus depot in Stockport.
3. That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM, in consultation with the Mayor of Greater Manchester to procure an initial, 50 Zero Emission Buses for deployment within Tranche 1 of bus franchising, funded from GMCA’s City Regional Sustainable Transport Settlement, using the Crown Commercial Services national framework RM6060.
4. That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer GMCA and TfGM, in consultation with the GM Mayor, to negotiate the acquisition of depots for Tranche 1 - and for future tranches – of bus franchising within overall agreed budgets for bus franchising.
5. That authority be delegated to TfGM to agree the best commercial terms in consultation with the GMCA Treasurer.
6. That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer GMCA and TfGM to agree the final terms of all necessary agreements for the purchase of the depots.
7. That authority be delegated to the GMCA Monitoring Officer to complete and execute all necessary legal agreements.