Reference: D57260
Decision Maker: Director of City Development
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
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).
The Chief Officer, Highways and Transportation:
a) approved the injection of an additional £2.3m from the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) into Leeds City Council’s (LCC) Capital Programme, following approval of the OBC by WYCA on 16/11/2023; increasing the total budget allocation to £4.98m;
b) gave approval to spend the additional development funding of £561,000 to enable further work to progress on the detailed design and FBC tasks;
c) gave approval to enter into a Deed of Variation (DoV), to amend the existing funding agreement with WYCA, to cover the additional development funding (£561,000).
Reason Key: Financial Impact>£500K;
Wards Affected: Burmantofts and Richmond Hill; Cross Gates and Whinmoor; Gipton and Harehills; Killingbeck and Seacroft;
Other reasons / organisations consulted
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).
Contact: Rebecca Dickson, Highways Officer 0113 378 7516 Email: rebecca.dickson@leeds.gov.uk.
Publication date: 12/03/2024
Date of decision: 20/03/2024
Effective from: 28/03/2024
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