Issue - meetings

This report sets out proposals for allocating the additional funding provided by the Region in 2009/10 and 2010/11 for transport improvements in the City and provides an update on the other schemes which it is proposed to fund from the Regional Funding Allocation.

RESOLVED: That Option 1 (use of the additional RFA funding for Outer Ring Road Improvements) be approved.

REASON:      To ensure that the additional funding is used to deliver significant improvements to the City’s transport system and to meet Local Transport Plan and Local Area Agreement targets.

Members considered a report which set out proposals for allocating funding provided by the Region in 2009/10 and 2010/11 for transport improvements in the City and provided an update on other schemes to be funded from the Regional Funding Allocation (RFA).

Details of additional funding from the RFA had been reported to the Executive meeting on 31 March 2009.  At the Executive (Calling In) meeting on 7 April 2009, Members had confirmed the allocation of £450k of this supplementary funding to the base budget and deferred a decision on the remainder, pending the receipt of further information on the two main options, as follows:

Option 1 (Outer Ring Road Improvements) – further development work to progress the Haxby Station and Access York Phase 2 schemes and implementation of limited improvements to the Outer Ring Road;

Option 2 (Targeted City-wide Improvements) - further development work to progress the Haxby Station and Access York Phase 2 schemes and delivery of schemes in the LTP block to meet Local Area Agreement and LTP targets. 

The information requested, including the advantages and disadvantages of each option, was provided in paragraphs 11 to 44 of the report. 

An update on the three main schemes to be funded through the RFA was provided in paragraphs 45 to 49 of the report.  The inclusion of Haxby Station in the regional programme for delivery in 2012/13 had been approved by the Regional Transport Board (RTB).  The RTB had also approved the Access York Phase 1 (Park & Ride) scheme for inclusion in the programme, subject to detailed evaluation by the Department for Transport (DfT), while Access York Phase 2 (Transport Capacity Improvements) was on the Region’s reserve list of schemes.

Having noted the comments of the Shadow Executive on this item, it was

RESOLVED: That Option 1 (use of the additional RFA funding for Outer Ring Road Improvements) be approved. ¹

REASON:      To ensure that the additional funding is used to deliver significant improvements to the City’s transport system and to meet Local Transport Plan and Local Area Agreement targets.