Issue - meetings

(i)            to note the progress on the projects funded from the BLE programme up to 2017/18, as detailed in Appendix 1;

(ii)          to approve the proposed expenditure detailed in relation to the Proposed Bus Lane Enforcement Programme Projects 2018/19, as detailed in Appendix 2;

(iii)         to approve the implementation of the Proposed Bus Lane Enforcement Programme of Projects 2018/19, including the instruction of procurement procedures therefore, as appropriate and as funding becomes available, and

(iv)         to delegate authority to the Chief Officer for Strategic Place Planning to carry out those procurement.

The Committee had before it a report by the interim Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning which provided an update on the status of the 2017/18 Bus Lane Enforcement (BLE) programme and sought approval for a new programme of projects to be delivered from 2018/19, using the net surplus from the BLE system.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)          note the progress on the projects funded from the BLE programme up to 2017/18, as detailed in Appendix 1;

(b)          approve the proposed expenditure detailed in relation to the Proposed Bus Lane Enforcement Programme Projects 2018/19, as detailed in Appendix 2;

(c)          approve the implementation of the Proposed Bus Lane Enforcement Programme of Projects 2018/19, including the instruction of procurement procedures therefore, as appropriate and as funding becomes available; and

(d)          delegate authority to the Chief Officer for Strategic Place Planning to carry out those procurements.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.