Decision details

Further to Minute No 34 of the meeting held on 29 July 2009 which detailed the Southport Cycle Town – Working Programme for 2009/10, the Cabinet Member considered the report of the Planning and Economic Regeneration Director on the Southport Cycle Town 2009-10 Revised Work Programme, seeking approval to revise the funding allocations for individual schemes within the Cycle Town Work Programme 2009/10 due to additional funding allocations and indicating that a decision on the matter was required in order to allow delivery of schemes within the Programme.

The report indicated that there had been a wish to create a more pleasant cycletrack that ran alongside the Coastal Road to Ainsdale (Pontins Roundabout); that Cycling England had allocated an additional Capital Grant of £250,000 to Sefton Council in order to enable the works to be completed; and that it was anticipated that the route could be delivered by the 31 March 2010.

It was proposed that an allocation of £80k be made to deliver a cycle route along Wennington Road; that whilst discussions are continuing with Councillors regarding the form of this route it would not be possible to deliver a scheme on the ground during 2009/10 and therefore an allocation to the Wennington Road scheme would be reduced to £5K for the current financial year, with the remaining £75k to be used to further develop the Seafront Cycle facilities and routes.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)               the report be noted; and

(2)               Cabinet be recommended to approve the inclusion of the capital funding from Cycling England / Department for Transport into the 2009/10 Capital Programme.