Issue - decisions

That:

(i)               Wiltshire Council supports the establishment of a Local Transport Body in partnership with Swindon Borough Council and the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership through which funding for local major transport schemes is agreed.

(ii)              The Cabinet Members for Highways and Transport, and Economic Development and Strategic Planning, be appointed as Wiltshire Council’s representatives to the Body.

(iii)            The key areas of the assurance framework set out in Appendix 1 to this report, including the proposed membership in the ratio of 2:2:1 set out in paragraph 13, be agreed and that the Service Director, Strategic Services, Highways and Transport be authorised following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport and the Service Director Law and Governance, to finalise the proposed framework for submission to the DfT.