Issue - meetings

(i)         to note Aberdeen City Council’s potential participation in Transport Scotland’s Low Carbon Travel and Transport (LCTT) Challenge Fund;

(ii)        to note that participation is subject to:-

(a)       Submission of a successful application to the LCTT Challenge Fund for grant funding of £1,014,772; and

(b)       Submission of a final business case for the project to a future Policy & Resources Committee;

(iii)       to note that potential match funding from the Council of £434,903 towards the capital cost of the project Council will come from the existing AECC contingency budget; and

(iv)       to note the draft business model which has been developed for the operation of the AECC Refuelling Hub and the associated expenditure and revenue streams.

The Committee had before it a report by the interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which provided an update on Transport’s Scotland Low Carbon Travel and Transport Fund.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       note Aberdeen City Council’s potential participation in Transport Scotland’s Low Carbon Travel and Transport (LCTT) Challenge Fund;

(b)       note that participation was subject to:-

(1)       Submission of a successful application to the LCTT Challenge Fund for grant funding of £1,014,772; and

(2)       Submission of a final business case for the project to a future Policy & Resources Committee;

(c)        note that potential match funding from the Council of £434,903 towards the capital cost of the project Council would come from the existing AECC contingency budget; and

(d)       note the draft business model which had been developed for the operation of the AECC Refuelling Hub and the associated expenditure and revenue streams.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.