Purpose

To seek authorisation for submission of schemes to Active Travel Fund tranche 5.

Decision

The submission of five schemes listed within the report to Active Travel England’s assurance process is approved, as part of the Active Travel Fund tranche 5 submission process.

Reasons for the decision

The submission of the schemes listed in this report is the next step required by ATE as part of the ATF5 approval process. The schemes meet the criteria, can be delivered within the funding window and within the budget available.

Alternative options considered

A sifting exercise was undertaken to assess potential schemes against the fund criteria as mentioned in paragraph 4.0. All schemes that are proposed to be taken forward for submission are of low complexity and can be delivered within the funding window. Alternative options such as essential maintenance and early development of schemes were discounted in order to focus on construction delivery. Improving delivery of active travel schemes is a key element of NYC’s Capability Rating and is something that would go toward increasing our capability rating in the future which would have a positive impact on future active travel funding.