Purpose

To approve the Highways and Transport Capital
Programme for 2026/27 and its implementation as set out in the body
of the report and ANNEX 1

Decision

RESOLVED that
 

i.     
the Highways and Transport Capital Programme for 2026/27 (ANNEX 1)
is
approved;
 

ii.    
ANNEX 1 forms the basis for the initial Transport Delivery Plan
submission to the Department for Transport setting out the planned
use of capital funding towards delivering local and national
transport priorities in 2026/27.

Reasons for the decision

1)   
The proposals seek to facilitate improvements to transport in line
with the Council’s Local Transport Plan (LTP), which in-turn
accords with national transport policy objectives.
 

2)   
It is a requirement to submit details to the Department for
Transport (DfT) regarding the allocation of capital grant funding
along with any local capital contributions.

Alternative options considered

Failure to approve the Highways and Transport
Capital Programme would prevent
the delivery of the Council’s
obligations as a Local Transport Authority (LTA) and be
contrary to the position set out in the
Council’s adopted transport policy (the LTP).
Furthermore, the DfT capital funding
allocations could not be assigned to deliverable
schemes and Government funding claw-back could
occur.