Decision details

(i)             to note the progress on the projects funded from the BLE programme up to 2021/22 as detailed in Appendix 1;

(ii)           to approve the proposed expenditure in relation to the Proposed Bus Lane Enforcement Programme Projects 2022/23, as detailed in Appendix 2;

(iii)          to agree that the projects identified in Appendix 2 meet the requirements of The Bus Lane Contraventions (Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 in that the sums paid by way of charges under these Regulations are being used to facilitate the achievement of policies in the Local Transport Strategy;

(iv)          to approve the implementation of the Proposed Bus Lane Enforcement Programme of Projects 2022/23, including the instruction of procurement procedures as appropriate and as funding becomes available, delegate authority to the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to carry out those procurements; and

(v)           to agree that from the 2022/23 financial year onwards, any projects not funded by BLE by the end of the financial year will be removed from the provisional programme and be automatically re-scored and re-prioritised alongside new applications for the next financial year.