Purpose

To seek Cabinet approval to
move forward with the ZEBRA project, should the council’s bid
to the Department for Transport (DfT) for ZEBRA grant funding be
successful.
 

Decision

Cllr Philip
Robinson sought Cabinet approval to move forward
with the ZEBRA project, should the council’s bid to the
Department for Transport (DfT) for ZEBRA grant funding be
successful.
 
Having considered all the information, Cabinet
noted the report and
 
RESOLVED to:
 
1.
Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Economy,
Environment, and Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet
Member for Education, Skills and Bus Transport to:
 
1.1
enter into a funding agreement with the DfT for Gloucestershire
County Council (GCC) to accept the DfT ZEBRA grant and then add the
DfT grant amount to GCC’s capital programme;
 
1.2
enter into funding agreements with:
 
(a)
Stagecoach West,
 
(b)
Oxford Bus Company (Pulman’s parent company) and

(c)
Lydney Dial a Ride and Community Transport for GCC to award the
ZEBRA capital grant funding together with GCC’s own funding
contribution for the purpose of contributing towards the cost
difference between Zero Emission Buses (ZEBs) and standard
conventional diesel bus equivalents as well as the capital
expenditure incurred as a result of infrastructure purchase and
installation.
 
1.3
agree and implement a contracting arrangement with the Forest of
Dean District Council (FODDC) to provide GCC with part funding for
the Lydney Dial a Ride & Community Transport to purchase and
operate a ZEB.
 
2
Approve GCC paying up to £1,500,000 in GCC grant funding by
means of the three funding agreements described in Recommendation
1.2.