Purpose

To announce the results of the distribution of the Local
Transport Plan (LTP) Area Board ‘Substantive Highway
Scheme’ budget of £250,000 in 2024/25.

Content

Decision
Made
 
I
approve the decision set out in the attached report.
 
This decision was published on 3 April 2025 and will come
into force on 11 April 2025.

Reasons for the decision

There needs to be a mechanism for
delivering Area Board transport scheme priorities that exceed the
Area Board’s available discretionary highway budget and are
unable to be implemented in phases over time.  The agreed methodology and application of the
Substantive Highway Scheme Bid Evaluation Formula has resulted in
eleven scheme bids being ranked and eight awarded Substantive
Highway Scheme funding in the 2024/25 financial year.

Alternative options considered

Eleven bids were received in this bidding
round requesting a total of £441,000. This exceeds the
proposed allocation of £250,000 for the Substantive Highway
Scheme Fund in 2024/25. All of the bids have been scored using the
Substantive Highway Scheme Bid Evaluation Formula which ranks the
schemes according to cost-benefit and deliverability.  It is proposed that Substantive Highway Scheme
funds eight of the bids, totalling £217,000.  The results are set out in Appendix 2.
 
During the period advertising the
Intention to make the decision, representations were received from
Cllr Williams (Ludgershall North & Rural) and Cllr Connolly
(Tidworth North & West) relating to the application for funding
of the proposal in Collingbourne Ducis. Details of the
representations are provided in Appendix 3.