Issue - meetings

Transport Funding Bids

Meeting: 15/10/2019 - Cabinet (Item 64)

Report of the Acting Strategic Director, Communities and Environment

Minutes:

Consideration has been given to external funding grants which could provide the Council with an opportunity to secure additional capital funding for transport and highway improvements in the borough, together with the scope and purpose of each grant and suggestions for possible schemes for submission.

RESOLVED -

(i) That the submission of bids for the Gateshead Quays Link Road (Local Pinch Point) and unclassified road/footway maintenance and removal of Gateshead Flyover (Challenge Fund), as set out in the report, be approved.

(ii) That the Service Director, Development, Transport and Public Protection be authorised, following consultation with the Strategic Director, Corporate Resources, to accept funding awards linked to these bids and to programme works accordingly in accordance with the grant conditions.

The above decisions have been made to maximise investment in the local transport network.