The West of England Combined Authority Mayor submitted a formal proposal to expand the West of England Combined Authority to incorporate North Somerset Council on 29/06/2026. This decision was approved.

The Executive Director of Transport approved the early funding works application for the Bear Flat section of the Somer Valley Links – Phase 3 project on 25/06/2026. This included approving the drawdown of £1,203,538 of CRSTS capital funding by Bath and North-East Somerset Council.

The Executive Director of Transport awarded Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP a contract worth £316,500 to provide legal services for land acquisition for the Bath to Bristol Strategic Corridor programme on 05/06/2026.

The Executive Director of Transport approved the submission of a change request to Active Travel England to extend the programme delivery milestone for the Consolidated Active Travel Fund (ATF6) Behaviour Change project from September 2026 to July 2027 on 09/07/2026.

The Director of Bus Operations awarded HaskoningDHV UK Ltd. trading as ITP a contract for £54,940 to carry out the Bus Reform Options project on 13/07/2026.

The Executive Director of Transport approved a change of scope for the Hydrogen and Sustainable Transport Economy Accelerator (HSTEA) project on 08/07/2026. This involved changing from procuring Liquid Hydrogen storage infrastructure to procuring two additional battery emulator systems and reprofiling £649,348 of Future Transport Zones capital funding.

The Director of Operations and Delivery awarded Ramboll UK Limited a contract to deliver the South West Solar Carport Project on 26/05/2026.