Decision details

Oldham Council has secured additional funding as below:
•Growth Deal 3 – Bus Accessibility Project (Complementary Measures) £43,692
The purpose of this report is to confirm the value of the grant available to Oldham, subject to complying with the grant terms and conditions, and to notify the Officer of the intention to bring this additional resource into the transport capital programme to deliver the schemes by the end of the 2020/21 financial year.

RESOLVED - That:
Growth Deal 3 – Bus Accessibility Project
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) secured funding through Growth Deal 3 for a ‘Bus Passenger Access Enhancements Project’ which will upgrade 505 existing bus stops across Greater Manchester with the aim of improving the passenger experience and delivering improved journey times for buses, whilst ensuring facilities are compliant with accessibility standards. The chosen delivery method for this work in Oldham is for our own Highways Operations service to deliver these works on behalf of TfGM. This funding has already been brought into the transport capital programme.
In addition, as part of each local authority’s overall funding allocation there is an amount for ‘complementary measures’ to support the Bus Accessibility programme. These need to be delivered this financial year. For Oldham the value of the works is up to £43,692. The works to be delivered in Oldham are as follows:
•New Pedestrian Refuge - Middleton Road, immediately to the west of Burnley Street;
•New Pedestrian Refuge - Middleton Road immediately to the east of Melbourne Street;
•Providing full Street Lighting upgrade for an existing non-illuminated pedestrian refuge on Oldham Road, Grasscroft.

There are two options:
Option 1: accept the grant offer, amend the existing delivery agreement with TfGM/GMCA for the proposed Oldham schemes and progress the delivery of all schemes in the appropriate timescales.
Option 2: do not accept the grant offer and do not amend the existing delivery agreement with TfGM/GMCA to deliver the schemes.

Option 2: do not accept the grant offer and do not amend the existing delivery agreement with TfGM/GMCA to deliver the schemes.

Council and Unity officers have discussed the proposed measures with TfGM and agreed they meet the criteria of the funding. The Portfolio Holder and Ward Members will be informed of the measures.