Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of City Development outlining proposals to upgrade the existing overspill car park at the Elland Road Park & Ride site to the same quality as the rest of the car park and improve the passenger waiting facilities

Further to Minute No. 122, 6^th November 2013, the Director of City Development submitted a report outlining proposals to upgrade the existing overspill car park at the Elland Road Park and Ride site to the same quality as the rest of the car park and also to improve the passenger waiting facilities.

Members welcomed the report and highlighted the success of the Elland Road park and ride facility following its first year of operation.

In noting the report elsewhere on the agenda regarding proposals for a park and ride facility at Temple Green, the Board discussed the potential for park and ride provision in other areas of the city, and the range of factors which needed to be taken into consideration when determining optimum sites for such facilities.  

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the content of the submitted report and the performance results of the first year’s operation of the Elland Park and Ride scheme be noted;

(b)  That approval be given to implement phase 2 of the scheme, subject to planning approval, upgrading the overspill car park and passenger facilities at a cost of £1.8m (comprising £250k fees and £1.55m works);

(c)  That approval be given to the injection of £1.8m into the Capital Programme, being funded from a West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) Transport Policy Local Transport Plan (LTP) grant of £1,557.7k and a Section 106 receipt of £242.3k;

(d)  That authority be given to incur expenditure of £1.8m, funded from a WYCA LTP grant of £1,557.7k and a Section 106 receipt of £242.3k (subject to final confirmation of funding by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Transport Committee on 31st July 2015);

(e)  That the following be noted:-

·  The scheme proposal, as described in section 3 of the submitted report;

·  That construction of the scheme is programmed to start in November 2015 with a 6 month construction programme;

·  That the Chief Officer Highways & Transportation will be responsible for the implementation of such matters.