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Salford City Council - Record of Decision
 
I Councillor Jack Youd, Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for Finance,
Corporate Services and Regeneration in exercise of the powers
contained within the City Council Constitution do hereby:
 

Give approval to proceed with the
next phase (Wave 2) of public engagement for the Better Bus Routes
(Improving Journeys) – Salford Crescent to Media City UK
project, to allow feedback from this process to be considered and
incorporated into the finalisation of the scheme proposals and
project Outline Business Case (OBC).

 

Grant delegated authority to the
Strategic Director for Place, in consultation and agreement with
the S151 officer and Lead Member for Planning and Sustainable
Development, for SCC and its officers to; provide its support, to
TfGM in their submission of the required OBC for approval.

 

Grant delegated authority to the
Strategic Director for Place, in consultation and agreement with
the S151 officer and Lead Member for Planning and Sustainable
Development, to; negotiate, agree, and finalise the detailed terms
of a Grant Funding Agreement (GFA) in the form of a Development
Agreement/s for the Full Business Case (FBC) work stage/s of the
project, between SCC, TfGM and the Greater Manchester Combined
Authority (GMCA) subject to the outcome of the OBC submission.

 

Authorise the Shared Legal Service to prepare all
necessary documentation and to take all steps which are required to
give effect to the above recommendations.

 
The Reasons are:
The project and its funding require the public
and stakeholders to be engaged with, at various stages in the
project’s life cycle and in advance of business case
submissions. 
With this engagement to gain feedback on the
proposals being put forward, to understand the impact the proposals
might have etc, with the feedback then used to refine the business
case prior to finalisation and before its submission for approval.
The feedback will also help shape future project development
phases.
 
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.
It will be important to develop the
interventions working in close collaboration with the Greater
Manchester and Active Travel England governance and approval
gateway processes, to ensure the risk of funding claw back is
minimised as projects progress beyond development to the delivery
phase of the project.
 
The source of funding is:
Grant funding from the City Region Sustainable
Transport Settlement (CRSTS).
 
Legal Advice obtained:
Yes – see report presented at the
Property & Regeneration Committee meeting on 12th
January 2026
 
Financial Advice obtained:
Yes – see report presented at the
Property & Regeneration Committee meeting on 12th
January 2026
 
Procurement Advice obtained:
n/a
 
HR Advice obtained:
n/a
 
Climate Change Advice obtained:
Yes – see report presented at the
Property & Regeneration Committee meeting on 12th
January 2026
 
The following documents have been used to
assist the decision process:
 
Report of the Strategic Director of Place to
Property & Regeneration on 12th January 2026
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                   
Telephone number: 07967 583 531
 
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are not relevant.)
 
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This decision is subject to consideration for briefing purposes by
the Lead Member for Planning, Transport and Sustainable
Development.
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The Lead Member is supportive of the decision.
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This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead
Member.
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The appropriate scrutiny to call-in the decision is the Growth and
Prosperity Scrutiny Panel                       
 
 
Signed: Councillor Jack Youd      
Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for
Finance, Corporate Services and Regeneration
Dated: 12th January
2026                                                 
 
This decision was published on Monday 12th January 2026
                                             
This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on Monday
19th January 2026
unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision making
process.