Decision details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking approval of the receipt of funding from the Department for Transports’ Access Fund in order to deliver the ‘Southampton: Driving our cycling ambition into local towns, schools, colleges and workplaces’ programme for three years up until 31st March 2020.

Key strategic partners including Hampshire County Council, Eastleigh Borough Council, HCC Public Health, British Cycling, Cycling UK and the University of Southampton have committed to match fund the project.

(i)  To recommend that Council approve the receipt of Access Funds, totalling £2,294,000, awarded by the Department for Transport for 2017/18 through to 2019/20.

(ii)  To recommend that Council approve the addition of £816,000 to the Environment & Transport Portfolio’s revenue budget for 2017/18 and to note that the remaining £1,478,000 of the Access Fund award will need to be added to the revenue budgets for 2018/19 and 2019/20.

(iii)  To recommend that Council approve the allocation of Local Transport Plan funds, totalling £300,000, from the Sustainable Travel and Integrated Transport budgets, within the approved Environment & Transport Portfolio Capital Programme, in order to match fund the grant at approximately 12.5% of the total.

Financial Procedure Rules require that when a bid is successful, relevant amendments are made to the appropriate capital and revenue budgets, and that all necessary capital and revenue approvals are obtained before any expenditure is incurred or any commitment is made.

An option is not to approve the receipt of grant funding from the DfT.  This would result in not being able to carry out the proposed project as outlined in the associated bid document.