Decision details

The West of England Combined Authority Committee RESOLVED to:

1. Allocate £5m to support West of England businesses during the 2020 early phase of economic recovery advised by the Covid-19 Economic Recovery Taskforce and, where there is urgency, to delegate the approval of the business case(s) to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent Councils.

2. Approve the Feasibility and Development Funding Application for Spatial Development Strategy/Local Transport Plan Evidence Base and award of £2m and delegate the award of contracts to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent Councils.

3. Delegate the approval of a Feasibility and Development Funding Application for £300k for the development of Green Infrastructure projects to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the Constituent Councils.

4. Allocate £3m from the Opportunities and Challenges allocation to underwrite Department for Transport Emergency Active Travel Funding to be repaid on receipt of these funds.

5. Allocate £10m for walking and cycling infrastructure and to delegate approval of Feasibility and Development Funding Applications up to £1m to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils.

6. Approve the Feasibility and Development Funding Application for North Keynsham Masterplanning and the award of £250k.

7. Conditionally approve the I-START Outline Business Case and the award of £300k through the current Feasibility and Development Funding Application to continue to progress the design and development.

8. Approve the Careers Hub and Enterprise Adviser Network Full Business Case and award of £174k subject to the conditions set out in paragraph 32 of the report.

9. Delegate grant award decisions for the Research and Innovation Challenge Fund to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the West of England UA Chief Executives.

10. Approve the change requests for schemes within the current programme as set out in Appendix 2.

11. Amend the approved capital programme for individual project approvals agreed at the 20 March 2020 Committee and within this report.