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The Executive Board considered the attached report.

RECOMMENDED: That the implementation programme for 2007/08 at Appendix A to the report be included in the Council’s Capital Programme.

The Executive Board had considered a report advising of the announcement made by the Secretary of State for Transport on 18^th December 2006 that had given details of the 2007/08 Local Transport Capital Expenditure Settlement and the classifications awarded to the Council’s second Local Transport Plan 2006/07 – 2010/11 (LTP2) and the first Local Transport Plan 2001/02 – 2005/06 (LTP1) delivery report.

It was noted that the settlement had included an additional £392,000 awarded for the high performance achieved in both the LTP2 and the LTP1 delivery report. Members were advised that both documents had been classed as “excellent” and Halton was one of only thirteen local authorities in the country to achieve a top grading for both documents.

RESOLVED: That the implementation programme for 2007/08 at Appendix A to the report be included in the Council’s Capital programme.

            The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director – Environment advising of the announcement made by the Secretary of State for Transport on 18^th December 2006, giving details of the 2007/8 Local Transport Capital Expenditure Settlement and the classifications awarded to the Council’s second Local Transport Plan 2006/07-2010/11 (LTP2) and the first Local Transport Plan 2001/02-2005/06 (LTP1) Delivery Report.

It was noted that, due to the high performance achieved in both these reports, the settlement had included an additional £392,000. In addition, the Board was advised that the DfT performance assessments had placed Halton in the top quartile of the 82 local transport authorities in England.

Appendix A to the report provided details of the proposed LTP2 capital expenditure programme for 2007/08. The total settlement for 2007/08 was £4.15 million; this covered all items of transport capital expenditure apart from major schemes such as the Mersey Gateway and major maintenance on the Silver Jubilee Bridge.

It was noted that an additional 25% of performance funding had been allocated to the integrated transport block; 12.5% had been achieved by gaining “Excellent” for the LTP2 grading and 12.5% for gaining “Excellent” for the LTP1 Delivery Report. The Board congratulated officers on their outstanding achievement in this area.

RESOLVED: That

(1)       the 2007/08 Local Transport Capital Expenditure Settlement, and the classifications awarded to the Council’s second Local Transport Plan, be welcomed; and

(2)       the implementation programme for 2007/08 at Appendix A be recommended to Council for inclusion in the Council’s Capital programme.