CORPORATE DIRECTOR DECISION

 

 

Decision:   To commission improvements to Acomb Front Street and allocate £395k from the York UKSPF investment plan to fund the work.

 

 

Type of Decision: Director                               Key 

N

Non-Key    

Y

 

Portfolio Area that decision relates to:

 

 

Leader (in Polcy & S&P)

 

 

Finance & Performance

X

 

 

Deputy Leader & Transport

 

 

Culture, Leisure & Comm

 

 

 

Environment & Climate C

 

 

Children & Young P & Edui

 

 

 

Economy & Strategic Plan

 

 

Health Adult Social Care

 

 

 

Housing & Safety Neigh

 

 

 

 

Background

York has been allocated £5.1m from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, subject to approval of the Investment Plan submitted in August 2022.  Over £600k of that funding relates to the current financial year, with work in the city centre and our secondary shopping areas representing over two thirds of our intended spend in the current period.  In order to ensure that such work can be delivered, a decision is required prior to Government approval to allocate funding to the Acomb Front Street project.  £250k from the 2022/23 allocation and £145k from 2023/24 will be spent on improving the public realm in Acomb Front Street.  The funding will enable the replacement of bollards, paving and drainage, improvements to signage and the provision of a new traffic gate.

 

Implications:  Crime & Disorder

 

Equalities

 

Other:

 

Human Resources

 

Legal

X

Highways

X

 

Financial

X

ITT

 

Property

 

 

Decision Date:

 30th November 2022

 

Wards Affected:

 

All Wards

 

Fishergate

 

 

Holgate

 

Rural West York

 

 

 

Acomb

 

Fulford &

Heslington

 

 

Hull Road

 

Strensall

 

 

 

Bishopthorpe

 

 

 

Guildhall

 

 

Huntington &

New Earswick

 

 

Westfield

X

 

 

Clifton

 

 

Haxby & Wigginton

 

Micklegate

 

 

 

Wheldrake

 

 

 

Copmanthorpe

 

 

 

Heworth

 

 

Osbaldwick &

Derwent

 

 

 

 

 

Dringhouses & Woodthorpe

 

 

Heworth Without

 

Rawcliffe & Clifton

 

 

 

 

 

Comments/Observations:

Approval from Government for the York UKSPF Investment Plan is expected in November or December 2022.  In order to undertake work beginning in January, orders must be placed for the necessary supplies by the end of November.  This means that a decision must be taken to pre-allocate UKSPF funds to the project prior to formal approval from Government. In the unlikely event that the Government funding does not materialise, the work will be funded from the council’s capital highway maintenance budget. This can be managed through anticipated slippage of the programme in 2022/23 and the 2 year impact will be incorporated into the 2023/24 programme that is agreed after the final budget is approved in February 2023.

Decision:  

To commission highways improvements in Acomb Front Street and allocate £395k from the York UKSPF Investment Plan (intervention E1) to the work, with the anticipated split between years to be £250k in 2022/23 and £145k in 2023/24. 

 

 

 

 

Decision Made by: Neil Ferris, Corporate Director of Place
Contact Details: Directorate of Place, West Offices

Tel No: 01904 551448, email: neil.ferris@york.gov.uk

 

 


On behalf of:  Neil Ferris, Corporate Director of Place

 

To be implemented by: 

Simon Brereton

 

On Completion – Signed off by:

 


Neil Ferris, Director

Corporate Director of Place

 

   Date:  30 November 2022