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Salford City Council - Record of Decision
 
I Councillor Jack Youd, Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for Finance,
Support Services and Regeneration, in exercise of the powers
contained within the City Council Constitution, and following consultation with Cabinet Members at
the Property/Regeneration Briefing, do hereby:
 

Approve
the drawdown of the additional funding allocated to the Better Bus
Routes - Salford Crescent to MediaCityUK project by the Bee Network
Committee, subject to any further approvals that are required by
the Council’s Constitution.

 

Grant authority for the Salford representatives to
enter into the necessary grant funding agreement variation to
enable the draw down of funds.

 

Note the progress made to date by
TfGM and Salford City Council in progressing the Better Bus Routes
– Salford Crescent Media CityUK
(BBR – SCMC) project towards Outline Business Case
(OBC);

 

Note that the Bee Network Committee
has allocated additional funding to TfGM and Salford Council to
continue to progress the scheme.

 
 
The Reasons are:
The scope of works involved with the project,
and the project programme, have both increased with agreement from
TfGM and additional funding to cover SCC’s costs to
completion of the Outline Business Case has been allocated by the
Bee Network Committee. 
The drawdown of the additional funding is
required to allow Salford’s Engineering and Landscape Design
team to continue to progress the project development.
 
Options considered and rejected were:
None.
 
Assessment of Risk:
Medium: The process of setting budgets for the
CRSTS funding settlement which took place over a number of years
means that inflationary pressures in the construction sector have
increased substantially since the funding allocations were bid for
and agreed.
The government funding letter to Greater
Manchester confirms ‘Any cost overruns must be met locally
and no additional HMG (Government) funding from this settlement
will be provided to support your CRSTS programmes’.
This means that the work funded by the
programme may have to be reduced in scope as inflation pressures
continue to erode what can be delivered with the funding
allocated.
 
The source of funding is:
Grant funding from the City Region Sustainable
Transport Settlement (CRSTS).
 
Legal Advice obtained: Kathryn Saldanha, Shard Legal Service
Financial Advice obtained: Daniel Hillman,
Senior Accountant
 
Procurement Advice obtained: N/A
 
HR Advice obtained: N/A
 
Climate Change Advice obtained:
 
Once completed, the project will enable the
communities that surrounds the route to make more sustainable
travel choices through a range of interventions along the
route. 
 
This phase of the project's development will
help shape what these interventions could look like if taken
forward to future work stages and what the specific Climate Change
Implications are for the project as a whole and the benefits they
will bring. 
 
While the details of specific interventions
aren’t known at this stage, it is envisaged that the
interventions will include measures that enable more sustainable
travel choices to be made (i.e. improvements to walking and cycling
facilities and access to public transport) all of which will help
reduce co2 emissions, that are linked to global warming and reduce
the number of private vehicles on the roads, helping create a nicer
environment to live in and work.  
 
The following documents have been used to
assist the decision process:

·        
Report of the Strategic Director of Place to Property &
Regeneration on 12th May 2025.

·        
Report of the Strategic Director of Place to Property &
Regeneration on 14th August 2023.

·        
Notice of Decisions Agreed at the Bee Network Committee held on
27th February 2025 (item 5.2).
 

Contact Officer:  
Matthew Mollart - Group Leader
Engineer/Landscape Architec                                
Telephone number: 
07967 583531
 
 
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This decision is subject to consideration for briefing purposes by
the Lead Member for Planning, Transport & Sustainable
Development.                    
. The Lead Member is supportive of the decision.
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The appropriate scrutiny to call-in the decision is the Growth
& Prosperity panel              
 
 
Signed: Councillor Jack Youd      
Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for Finance,
Support Services and Regeneration
Dated: 12th May 2025
 
 
 
This decision was published on  Monday 12th
May 2025                                           
This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on Monday
19th May 2025 unless
it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process
Rules.