Issue - meetings

To consider a report seeking approval of three complementary policies to allocate resources to communities in Cheshire East to support transport and accessibility initiatives.

Cabinet considered a report seeking approval of three complementary policies to allocate resources to communities in Cheshire East to support transport and accessibility initiatives:

§  Policy for the Allocation of Transport & Accessibility Grants: aimed to allocate funding to local community and voluntary groups to support community-led transport and accessibility initiatives tailored to local needs (see Appendix 1 to the report).

§  Policy for the Allocation of Surplus Council Vehicles: aimed to gift vehicles which are no longer required by the Cheshire East Transport Service to community and voluntary groups to establish community bus schemes which improve access to key services (see Appendix 2).

§  Policy for the Allocation of Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) Business Travel Planning Grants: aimed to utilise a proportion of the Department for Transport (DfT) funding to award grants to the business community in Crewe on a match fund basis as part of the LSTF programme (see Appendix 3).

RESOLVED

That

1.    the “Policy for the Allocation of Transport & Accessibility Grants” be approved and authority for decision making on the award of grants be delegated to the relevant Portfolio Holder with responsibility for transport;

2.    the allocation of £250,000 in 2013/14 for transport and accessibility grants be confirmed in line with the policy referred to above;

3.    the “Policy for Allocating Surplus Council Vehicles” be approved and authority for the decision making on the allocation of vehicles be delegated to the relevant Portfolio Holder with responsibility for transport;

4.    the “Policy for the Allocation of Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) Business Travel Planning Grants” be approved and authority for decision making on the award of grants be delegated to the relevant Portfolio Holder with responsibility for transport; and

5.    the officers be authorised to take all necessary actions to implement the decisions above and establish each of the schemes in line with the associated policy.