Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/059

Contact: Natalie Crawford, Capital Programme Manager

Natalie.crawford@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by  Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer (CA11)

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a.               approve the inclusion of the £2.384m Active Travel Fund 4 Extension (ATF4e) Grant into the capital programme to deliver active travel schemes across Oxfordshire.

b.               approve the inclusion of £1.260m grant funding from the Department for Transport Safer Roads Funds to carry out a specific package of road safety works.

c.               approve the drawdown of £2.000m of funds from the Parking Account to reinvest into three Park and Ride sites requiring maintenance work.

d.               approve the inclusion of Faringdon Community College, a scheme to replace temporary buildings with permanent accommodation, into the Capital Programme with an indicative budget of £6.006m to be fully funded from held & secure s106 contributions.

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a report which set out changes to the Capital Programme requiring Cabinet approval that would be incorporated into the agreed programme and included in the next update to the Capital Programme in June 2024.

The Chair presented the report on behalf of the Cabinet Member for Finance.

Councillor Andrew Gant, Cabinet Member for Transport Management and Councillor John Howson, Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Young People’s Services, explained details of the additional schemes within their respective portfolios.

Councillor Leffman moved and Councillor Howson seconded the recommendations, and they were approved.

RESOLVED to:

a)    approve the inclusion of the £2.384m Active Travel Fund 4 Extension (ATF4e) Grant into the capital programme to deliver active travel schemes across Oxfordshire.

b)    approve the inclusion of £1.260m grant funding from the Department for Transport Safer Roads Funds to carry out a specific package of road safety works.

c)     approve the drawdown of £2.000m of funds from the Parking Account to reinvest into three Park and Ride sites requiring maintenance work.

d)    approve the inclusion of Faringdon Community College, a scheme to replace temporary buildings with permanent accommodation, into the Capital Programme with an indicative budget of £6.006m to be fully funded from held & secure s106 contributions