Issue - meetings
Bus Reform
Meeting: 27/11/2020 - Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Item 9.)
Report of Eamonn Boylan, Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM.
Additional documents:
- 9 Appendix 1 TfGM Covid-19 Impact on Bus Franchising Report Final 191120 19.36, item 9.
PDF 3 MB
- 9 Appendix 2 Independent Auditors Assessment of TfGM Bus Reform COVID Impact Report, item 9.
PDF 210 KB
- 9 Appenidix 3 Draft TfGM Franchising Scheme Document, item 9.
PDF 1 MB
Decision:
1. That the contents of the report be noted.
2. That the contents of the Covid-19 Impact on Bus Franchising Report – November 2020 (Appendix 1) be noted.
3. That the contents of the Independent Auditor’s Assessment of the Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) Covid-19 Impact on Bus Franchising Report dated 19 November 2020 (Appendix 2) be noted.
4. That the publication of both the Independent Auditor’s Assessment of the Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) Covid-19 Impact on Bus Franchising Report and the Covid-19 Impact on Bus Franchising Report be approved.
5. That the proposed funding arrangements and mitigations, as set out in the report, be approved.
6. That the mitigating responses to a downside risk scenario, as set out in Section 3 of the Covid-19 Impact on Bus Franchising Report, be noted.
7. That it be agreed to proceed with the Proposed Franchising Scheme by undertaking a public consultation, which would commence on 2 December 2020 and end on 29 January 2021.
8. That the Proposed Franchising Scheme, as proposed to be modified following the consultation that ended in January 2020 and in accordance with the report (Appendix 3) be approved, for the purpose of the recommended consultation.
9. That TfGM be instructed to carry out all tasks necessary to carry out that consultation on behalf of the GMCA.
10. That it be noted that a further report will be submitted to the GMCA on the outcome of the consultation.