Decision

Councillor Stephens
introduced the item.

Having considered all of the
information including the information at item
15Cabinet:

1. Approved the Business Case attached
to the report;

2. Allocated £12,808,832 for the
project into the Capital Programme funded by:

·        
£8,897,042 ringfenced Department for Transport grant funding
allocated specifically for this scheme.

·        
£3,911,790 un-ringfenced Integrated Transport Block grant funding
that PCC is able to use to fund its transport
priorities.

3. Authorised the procurement process
set out in the report.

4. Delegated contract award decisions
to the Service Director for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure
where they do not already have authority to do so.

5.
Instructs officers to work with the Cabinet Members for Planning
and Infrastructure and Environment and Climate Change, in addition
to relevant specialists from PCC’s Net Zero and Environmental
Planning teams, to develop a comprehensive Climate Impact
Assessment following the first consultation process to be reported
to Cabinet prior to the next phase of consultation.