Decision details

(1)      The proposed allocation of the additional £16.6m of Bus Service Improvement Plan funding was agreed, noting that this was additional funding to the £87.8m previously approved by the WMCA Board on 10 June 2022.

(2)      The submission of the Project Adjustment Request sent to the Department for Transport on 29 February 2024, defining the areas of spend for the West Midlands Phase 3 Bus Service Improvement Plan funding, pending this approval, was noted.

(3)      The responsibility for approving any changes to the final revenue funding allocation for the West Midlands Bus Service Improvement Plan was delegated to the Executive Director for Transport for West Midlands, in consultation with the Mayor and the Portfolio Lead for Transport.

(4)      The Section 151 Officer was approved to accept the additional Bus Service Improvement Plan funding, subject to the terms and conditions of the funding being acceptable to the Section 151 Officer.

(5)      Responsibility for approving further revisions to the Bus Service Improvement Plan and making the Enhanced Partnership was delegated to the Executive Director for Transport for West Midlands, the Section 151 Officer and the Director of Law & Governance, in consultation with the Portfolio Lead for Transport, and subject to completing the statutory process.