Decision details

Traffic Signals Obsolescence Grant: Grant Application

Decision Maker: Assistant Director - Resources (Environment)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To seek approval for making a grant application to the Department for Transport’s Traffic Signals Obsolescence Grant funding.

Decision:

For the Assistant Director Resources (Environment), under sub-delegated powers from the Chief Finance Officer, in consultation with the Corporate Director for Environment and the Executive Member for Finance and Executive Member for Highways and Transportation, to approve a bid for funding through the Traffic Signals Obsolescence Grant of £965K, to be spent over the 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years.

Reasons for the decision:

To bid for external funding to support to better maintain and upgrade obsolete traffic signal stock and to improve asset reliability service resilience.

Exempt from Key Decision on a financial limb.

Alternative options considered:

To not bid for funding or an alternative approach to bid for part of the funding.

Publication date: 19/12/2023

Date of decision: 18/12/2023

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