Decision details

Oldham Council has secured £110,000 of capital funding from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) for:
• Increasing Oldham’s capability requirements (staff resource) to progress investment in our publicly available Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) network by utilising available capital grant funding from CRSTS and the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund.
The purpose of this report is to confirm the value of the grant available to Oldham Council and notify the Portfolio Holder of the intended use of this funding and the next steps.

RESOLVED - That:
That the grant from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) of £110,000 be accepted.
• That the intention to bring the additional resource into the transport capital programme in 2024/25 be noted.
• That approval to use this resource to appoint additional support to Council teams, by the most appropriate means, to progress the investment in on-street charging infrastructure using CRSTS and LEVI capital funding is approved.

Option 1:
• That the grant from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) of £110,000 be accepted.
• That the intention to bring the additional resource into the transport capital programme in 2024/25 be noted.
• That approval to use this resource to appoint additional support to Council teams, by the most appropriate means, to progress the investment in on-street charging infrastructure using CRSTS and LEVI capital funding is approved.
Option 2:
• That the grant from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) of £110,000 is not accepted.
• That approval to use this resource to appoint additional support to Council teams, by the most appropriate means, to progress the investment in on-street charging infrastructure using CRSTS and LEVI capital funding is not approved.

Option 2:
• That the grant from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) of £110,000 is not accepted.
• That approval to use this resource to appoint additional support to Council teams, by the most appropriate means, to progress the investment in on-street charging infrastructure using CRSTS and LEVI capital funding is not approved.

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