Further to Minute No. 39 of the Cabinet meeting held on 16 August 2012, the Council considered the report of the Director of Built Environment which provided an update on the Council’s role in the Merseyside Local Sustainable Transport Fund major project which had been awarded funding by the Department for Transport.
It was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher and
RESOLVED: That
(1) approval be given to the inclusion of £646,000 in the Capital Programme to be phased as indicated in paragraph 2.5 of the report;
(2) approval be given to the inclusion of £300,000 grant funding from Sustrans in the Capital Programme towards the delivery of the Hightown to Formby Coastal Path Improvements; and
(3) it be placed on record the appreciation of the work undertaken by Councillor Mark Dowd in his role as Chair of the Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority during the previous financial year.