Issue - meetings

To consider the attached report of the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial)

To consider the attached report of the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial)

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Transport and Licensing

It was agreed:

(a)  That the project be approved in principle.

(b)  That the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Licensing, be authorised to:

(i)            Act as the project sponsor and to establish a Project Board involving Dover District Council, Kent County Council, Homes England, Highways England and relevant land owners.

(ii)           Negotiate, agree and accept the terms of the grant agreement.

(iii)          Expend the grant for the purpose of delivering the Bus Rapid Transit project.

(iv)         Enter into an infrastructure delivery contract with Kent County Council.

(v)          Negotiate terms, enter into and execute the necessary land transactions, as long as the costs of such actions fall within the grant awarded by Homes England.

(vi)         Take all necessary steps to work with Kent County Council and the bus operator, with the purpose of developing a bespoke bus service between Whitfield and Dover.