Issue details

Transport and Infrastructure Capital Programme 24/25

The Executive Member for Environment submitted a report for Executive consideration.

 

The purpose of the report was to gain approval to allocate funding to develop and deliver transport and infrastructure improvements as detailed within the report.

 

Middlesbrough Council received Local Transport Plan funding from the Department for Transport, via Tees Valley Combined Authority, to undertake maintenance and improvement works on the Councils transport network.

 

The current Council approved LTP allocation for 2024/25 is £1.377m, specified against Incentive Funding (new works) and £2.638m for Highways Maintenance. Appendix 2 detailed the planned works totalling £4.015m.

 

It was proposed that the Council approve the expenditure of the Local Transport Plan allocation for 2024/25, as outlined in Appendix 2. This would provide the Council time to identify the most prudent method of delivering a longer-term programme; ensuring that best value for money was achieved.

 

The projects within the proposed programme had been identified from the Council’s “Future Year scheme” list. This was a compiled table of all known requirements and suggestions received, which were matrix ranked for their suitability against a set criterion, forming a priority basis. However, this was also conditional upon external funding criteria, eligible uses, statutory obligations, and other implications.

 

The maintenance schemes were based on asset condition rating systems and allocation of resources work to address a “worst first” is used. This was rationalised based on public safety and asset longevity priorities (such as ensuring that structures were safe). This ensured that the Council was sequentially addressing the areas of the network in most need of resolving.

 

The Council also received specific allocations through competitive grant programmes and awards that were to deliver prescribed pieces of work, depending upon national / regional criteria. Any awards for such projects by-passed the matrix scoring criteria (although this may be used to identify the most suitable candidates) and could be awarded / was accessible throughout the financial year. The proposals within the report included all known awarded allocations at time of approval but could be subject to change.

 

If required, approvals would be sought through the formal decision-making process. A map of the scheme locations was contained in Appendix 1. The full funding allocations used to identify the projects / programmes was contained in Appendix 2.

 

Following a discussion about recommendation three in the report, it was agreed the words “and virements” be removed from that recommendation.

 

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Both (expenditure > £250,000 and affects 2 or more wards);

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Wards affected: Acklam; Coulby Newham; Hemlington; Marton East; Park; Stainton and Thornton;

Notice of proposed decision first published: 11/03/2024

Anticipated restriction: Public  -

Decision due: 10 Apr 2024 by Executive

Lead member: 6) Executive Member for Environment and Sustainability

Lead director: Director of Environment and Community Services

Contact: Craig Cowley Email: craig_cowley@middlesbrough.gov.uk.

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