Decision Maker: Executive Member for Highways & Transportation
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To authorise the submission of a bid for funding
Any amendments to the Business Case to further improve the quality of the document as detailed at outlined at section 3.5 of the report prior to submission was authorised;
Submission of the Business Case at Appendix 1 of the report to the Department for Transport Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas Scheme, together with authorising the Corporate Director Strategic Resources to accept the funding should the bids be successful (subject to acceptable grant funding conditions being received).
If the business case submission is successful in securing the requested funding it will accelerate council plans to decarbonise the bus fleet across North Yorkshire.
The option of not submitting a bid was considered and rejected.
Publication date: 28/01/2022
Date of decision: 21/01/2022
Effective from: 05/02/2022