Issue - meetings

(a)      approve the virement of £575,000 of committed Council funding against the ACRD Strategic Transport Appraisal (STA) project to External Transportation Links to Aberdeen South Harbour (ETLASH) project; and

(b)      delegate the authority to the Chief Officer - City Development and Regeneration, in consultation with the Chief Officer Capital, to reallocate any uncommitted Aberdeen City Council Contribution to the ACRD to the ETLASH project where the Aberdeen City Region Deal Joint Committee agree to do so through the existing ACRD change control process.

With reference to articles 5 and 6 of the minute of meeting of the Aberdeen City Region Deal Joint Committee of 14 February 2025, the Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director of City Regeneration and Environment, which sought approval to reallocate £575,000 of Aberdeen City Council (the Council) funding from the Aberdeen City Region Deal (ACRD) project ‘Strategic Transport Appraisal’ to ‘External Transportation Links to Aberdeen South Harbour’ which was being delivered by Aberdeen City Council as Roads Authority.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      approve the virement of £575,000 of committed Council funding against the ACRD Strategic Transport Appraisal (STA) project to External Transportation Links to Aberdeen South Harbour (ETLASH) project; and

(b)      delegate the authority to the Chief Officer - City Development and Regeneration, in consultation with the Chief Officer - Capital, to reallocate any uncommitted Aberdeen City Council Contribution to the ACRD to the ETLASH project where the Aberdeen City Region Deal Joint Committee agree to do so through the existing ACRD change control process.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.