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.