Issue details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking to approve the receipt of £996,500 of revenue grant from the DfT’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund in order to deliver a further years’ extension to the Southampton Sustainable Travel City programme currently being delivered in the city. The scheme’s aims are to continue to deliver a target modal shift away from private car to other modes of transport, develop supporting infrastructure to promote walking and cycling and deliver a ‘Freight Traffic Control’ system and pilot.

Key strategic partners within Southampton including Public Health, British Cycling, Sustrans and the University of Southampton have committed to match fund the project.

The report will seek the addition of £996,500 of revenue expenditure to the General Fund revenue budget for 2015/16, wholly funded from the new DfT revenue grant.

The report will also seek the addition and approval to spend of £245,000 to the Sustainable Travel and Integrated Transport capital schemes contained within the E&T capital programme funded by £205,000 LTP 2015/16 government grant and £40,000 of Section 106 developer contributions.