Decision details

To announce the results of the distribution of the Local Transport Plan (LTP) Area Board ‘Substantive Highway Scheme’ budget of £250,000 in 2024/25.

Following consultation with officers I give notice that I intend to make the decision set out in the attached report. If you would like to make any representations to me on this issue please do so by 31 March 2025.

There needs to be a mechanism for delivering Area Board transport scheme priorities that exceed the Area Board’s available discretionary highway budget and are unable to be implemented in phases over time.  The agreed methodology and application of the Substantive Highway Scheme Bid Evaluation Formula has resulted in eleven scheme bids being ranked and eight awarded Substantive Highway Scheme funding in the 2024/25 financial year.

Eleven bids were received in this bidding round requesting a total of £441,000. This exceeds the proposed allocation of £250,000 for the Substantive Highway Scheme Fund in 2024/25. All of the bids have been scored using the Substantive Highway Scheme Bid Evaluation Formula which ranks the schemes according to cost-benefit and deliverability.  It is proposed that Substantive Highway Scheme funds eight of the bids, totalling £217,000.  The results are set out in Appendix 2.

The Cabinet Member report that outlined and approved the mechanism for applying for Substantive Highway Scheme funding was circulated to all Members and Community Area Managers in July 2011.  In addition, informal consultation on the Substantive Highway Scheme funding mechanism and discussion on the opportunity to bid for funding has taken place at the Local Highway & Footway Improvement Group meetings since that time.