Agenda item

Report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1. That Cabinet note the update in respect of the Transforming Cities Fund programme.

Consideration was given to the report which provided a progress update on the delivery of the Transforming Cities Fund programme. The Transforming Cities Fund aimed to improve productivity and spread prosperity through investment in public and sustainable transport in some of the largest English city regions and was first announced by Government on 20th November, 2017. The Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) programme was submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT) by Sheffield City Region on 27th November, 2019. The subsequent acceptance of the £166m grant from DfT was reported at the MCA meeting on 1st June, 2020.

The Council had embarked on an ambitious active travel programme which would see the completion of key strategic active travel and public transport schemes across the Borough, as well as more local improvements. An update in respect of each project was given in Section 2 of the report.

In July 2022, Cabinet approved the Transport Capital Programme for 2022-23. A key part of that programme was the delivery of the Transforming Cities Fund active and sustainable travel programme, detailed in the table below:

Table 1 - DfT Transforming Cities Fund Programme (as of Apr ’22)

Resolved:-

That Cabinet note the update in respect of the Transforming Cities Fund programme.