The decision sought is to:
i. Approve the injection of £561,000 of development funds from the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) into Leeds City Council’s (LCC) Capital Programme. The injection of these funds will enable further work to progress on the detailed design and Full Business Case tasks;
ii. Give approval to spend the additional development funding of £561,000;
iii. Agree to a Deed of Variation being signed and sealed by LCC to amend the existing funding agreement with WYCA to cover the additional development funding (taking the total approval to £1,956,000).
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Financial Impact>£500K;
Decision status:
Wards affected: Burmantofts and Richmond Hill; Cross Gates and Whinmoor; Gipton and Harehills; Killingbeck and Seacroft;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 02/02/2024
Decision due: Not before 2nd Feb 2024 by Director of City Development
Lead director: Director of City Development
Department: City Development
Contact: Rebecca Dickson, Highways Officer 0113 378 7516 Email: rebecca.dickson@leeds.gov.uk.
Consultation process
Public consultation and stakeholder engagement took place in June / July 2021
Further stakeholder engagement planned during 2024.
Consultees
Executive Member for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, Ward members, local and key stakeholders, the public, bus operators, West Yorkshire Combined Authority (consulted on the scheme proposals, not specifically this decision).