The Transforming Cites Fund (TCF) is a national sustainable transport fund administered by the Department for Transport (DfT) for delivery of transformational projects in the period 2020/21 to 2022/23. Kirklees Council has worked with West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) and other partners to develop a TCF Bid for Leeds City Region, which was submitted to government in November 2019. The Bid expressed all component projects in three funding scenarios – Low, Core and High. The government announced TCF funding allocations in its March 2020 statement. The Leeds City Region TCF Bid was awarded £317m. The base assumption is that promoting districts will deliver the set of projects expressed in the Bid Low scenario, although additional funding to some projects may be identified in future, therefore business cases for all Scenarios will be progressed.
The eight projects in the Kirklees TCF programme are shown in the table below, together with their indicative budgets in the Low Bid scenario. Through its Town Centres Board, the Council also identified £6m of local match-funding from the Town Centres Action Fund to relevant TCF projects.
|
Project |
Low Scenario (M) |
|
Dewsbury Town Centre Walking & Cycling Transformations |
£4.0 |
|
Dewsbury Bus ?Station |
£8.0 |
|
Heckmondwike Bus Hub |
£3.5 |
|
Dewsbury–Cleckheaton Sustainable Travel Corridor |
£7.5 |
|
Huddersfield Major Walking & Cycling Routes |
£8.0 |
|
Huddersfield Bus Station Improvements |
£7.0 |
|
Huddersfield Rail Station Access |
£1.5 |
|
Dewsbury–Batley–Tingley Sustainable Travel Corridor |
£0.0 |
|
Transforming Cities Fund project budgets total |
£39.5 |
|
Kirklees Council match-funding (Town Centres Action Fund) |
£6.0 |
|
Total current Kirklees TCF programme budget |
£45.5 |
The current funding for the Kirklees TCF programme is therefore the sum of the £39.5m TCF budget plus the £6m local match funds, totalling £45.5m.
Cabinet is asked to:
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure>£500,000 and affects2 or more wards;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: Batley East; Batley West; Cleckheaton; Dewsbury East; Heckmondwike; Liversedge and Gomersal; Newsome;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 25/06/2020
Decision due: 1 Sep 2020 by Cabinet
Lead member: Councillor Naheed Mather naheed.mather@kirklees.gov.uk, Councillor Peter McBride, Cabinet Member for Regeneration peter.mcbride@kirklees.gov.uk, Councillor Rob Walker rob.walker@kirklees.gov.uk
Lead director: Angela Blake
Contact: Robert Stanley 01484 221000 Email: robert.stanley@kirklees.gov.uk.
Consultation process
A decision is required to proceed with the development of the TCF programme as planned, enter the TCF programme onto the Kirklees Capital Plan, and to accept prospective development funding from the Combined Authority Public consultation is not required to support these decisions. Public consultation is planned to be undertaken on TCF schemes in Quarters 3 and 4 of FY 2020/21.
Consultees
Lead Members: Officers named above; Legal/Finance officers.
Members/Officers Involved: Cllr McBride, Cllr Mather, Cllr Walker (Lead Members). Richard Hollinson – Head of Major Projects Service. Angela Blake – Service Director, Economy & Skills. Karl Battersby – Strategic Director, Economy & Infrastructure.