Purpose

To accept and approve spend of
£41,427.53 of Department for Transport grant funding relating
to the Traffic Signal Obsolescence Grant (TSOG), a fund to upgrade
traffic signal systems, replacing unreliable and obsolete equipment
to improve reliability.
 
To accept and approve spend of
£500,000.00 of Department for Transport grant funding
relating to the Green Light Fund (GLF), a fund to improve the
operation of traffic signals to better reflect current traffic
conditions and get traffic flowing.

Decision

That:
 
a) Grant funding of £41,427.53 and
£500,000.00 associated with the Traffic Signal Obsolescence
Grant and the Green Light Fund be accepted from the Department for
Transport and that authorisation is given for its spend as detailed
in this report; and
 
b) Delegated authority is given to the
Corporate Director of Economy and Environment to take all
operational decisions over the lifetime of the project, to deliver
the investment set out in recommendation (a)