Decision details
Greater Manchester's Clean Air Plan - Tackling Nitrogen Dioxide Exceedances at the Roadside - Outline Business Case
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decisions:
The Cabinet gave consideration to a report of the Director of Environmental Management which summarised the key features of Greater Manchester’s feasibility study and Outline Business Case (OBC) to reduce nitrogen dioxide exceedances in Oldham and across Greater Manchester, in the shortest possible time including the introduction of Clean Air Zones.
The OBC had been developed by Oldham Council collectively with all the Greater Manchester Local Authorities and Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and coordinated by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) in line with Governmental direction and guidance.
It was reported that a ‘public conversation’ was proposed to run between early May and min June to help further inform the work, this would supplement the more targeted stakeholder engagement that was ongoing with affected business. The engagement process would inform the further development of the measures identified in the Outline Business Case.
It was noted that it was important to recognise the clear differences between Clean Air Zones and Congestion Charging Systems, the objective of any penalty in a Clear Air Zone was for all vehicles which drive within the zone to have engines which complied with emissions standards, unlike a congestion charge which sought to reduce the number of vehicles on the road.
Members welcomed the proposals and discussed the involvement of schools in the promotion of Clean Air.
It was further noted that consultation with stakeholders including Private Hire Taxis had been very positive.
Options/Alternatives
Option 1 – Approve the Outline Business case for submission to the Government’s Joint Air Quality Unit
Option 2 – Do not approve the Outline Business case for submission to the Government’s Joint Air Quality Unit.
RESOLEVD – That:
1. The feasibility study undertaken to date be adopted.
2. Further stakeholder engagement and public consultation was an essential part of the process to help inform and refine ongoing work to produce a Full Business Case by the end of the calendar year;
3. The Outline Business Case (for submission to the government's Joint Air Quality Unit) be approved.
4. The commencement of the public conversation and engagement activity from 15 May 2019 be approved.
5. Further reports would be submitted to Cabinet on:
· the proposals for statutory consultation, informed by the outcome of the public conversation and engagement.
· formal approval of the Full Business Case.
6. Transport for Greater Manchester to continue with the activity to produce the Full Business Case on their behalf under the direction of the Greater Manchester Clean Air Steering Group; and
7. Authority be delegated to Deputy Chief Executive (People and Place) and the Portfolio holder (Neighbourhoods) for the approval of submission of supplementary information.
Publication date: 27/03/2019
Date of decision: 25/03/2019
Decided at meeting: 25/03/2019 - Cabinet
Effective from: 04/04/2019
Accompanying Documents:
- Clean Air report PDF 2 MB
- 06_Project_and_Work_Package_Summary_Sheets PDF 668 KB
- 07_Individual_Authority_Compliance_Summary_Oldham_Metropolitan_Borough_Council PDF 1 MB
- Analysis_Of_Distributional_Impacts PDF 3 MB
- Analysis_Of_Distributional_Impacts_Appendix_A PDF 37 MB
- Analysis_Of_Distributional_Impacts_Appendix_B PDF 197 KB
- Appendix_Strategic_Case_Air_Quality_Maps PDF 119 MB
- Commercial_Case PDF 797 KB
- E1_Economic_Appraisal_Methodology_Report PDF 787 KB
- E1_Organisation_E1.1_Programme_Governance_Model PDF 132 KB
- E1_Organisation_E1.2_Programme_Structure PDF 167 KB
- E1_Organisation_E1.3_Steering_Group_Terms_of_Reference PDF 243 KB
- E2_Modelling_Report PDF 4 MB
- E2_Programme_and_Project_Procedures_E2.1_Overview_of_TfGMs_Programme_and_Project_Lifecycle_Stages PDF 314 KB
- E2_Programme_and_Project_Procedures_E2.2_TfGMs_Four_Lines_of_Defence_Model PDF 196 KB
- E3_Equality_Impact_Assessment__EQIA__ PDF 246 KB
- E3_Programme_and_Delivery_Schedule_E3.1_Plan_on_a_Page PDF 169 KB
- E4_Plans_E4.1_Stakeholder_Management_Plan_ PDF 318 KB
- E4_Plans_E4.2_Risk_Management_Plan PDF 480 KB
- E4_Plans_E4.3_Monitoring_and_Evaluation_Plan_ PDF 266 KB
- E5_Registers_E5.1_Programme_Risk_Register PDF 581 KB
- E5_Registers_E5.2_Project_Risk_Register PDF 436 KB
- Economic_Case PDF 2 MB
- Executive_Summary PDF 1 MB
- Financial_Case PDF 860 KB
- Glossary PDF 392 KB
- Management_Case PDF 787 KB
- Options_Appraisal_Report PDF 2 MB
- Strategic_Case PDF 3 MB