Agenda item

[Paul Fishwick]

(Approximate starting time 8.40pm)

To update the committee on the remaining capital funding and the funding approved under delegated powers for the Business Forum since the last meeting.

Woking Joint Committee:

(i)    Noted the updated LSTF (Woking) capital programme for the remainder of 2014/15 (annex A tabled update).

(ii)   Noted the projects presented to the member LSTF Task Group and agreed under delegated authority (annexes B to F), but further noted that these projects are now unlikely to proceed due to budget overspend across the whole LSTF budget.

(iii)  Requested that the final completed LSTF budget report is presented to the June 2015 meeting.

REASONS:

The remaining funding from the Business Forum that had not been approved at the 3 December 2014 Joint Committee meeting (minute 65/14 refers) was  delegated to the Area Highways Manager in consultation with the Project Officer and the LSTF Task Group to ensure a full spend of the budget by end March 2015. The report set out the decisions agreed under this delegation. Members noted that due to a budget overspend across the whole of the LSTF budget, it was unlikely that any of the schemes set out in Annexes B-F will be implemented.

Paul Fishwick introduced the report which updated the committee on the remaining LSTF budget. An updated Annex A to the report was tabled and is attached to these minutes as Annex 5.  Members noted that due to a budget overspend across the whole of the LSTF budget, it was unlikely that any of the schemes set out in Annexes B-F would be implemented.

Public comments:

·         The Real Time Traffic Information system at Knaphill outside Tesco’s is not working and is stuck on 18.25.

Member comments:

·         Could officers confirm outside the meeting the latest update on the cycle stand at West Byfleet station.

·         The community funding in Maybury and Sheerwater is continuing to be monitored.

·         The Chairman requested a final LSTF report at a future meeting – this was seconded by Mr Wilson and agreed by the committee.

RESOLVED

Woking Joint Committee:

(i)    Noted the updated LSTF (Woking) capital programme for the remainder of 2014/15 (annex A tabled update).

(ii)   Noted the projects presented to the member LSTF Task Group and agreed under delegated authority (annexes B to F), but further noted that these projects are now unlikely to proceed due to budget overspend across the whole LSTF budget.

(iii)  Requested that the final completed LSTF budget report is presented to the June 2015 meeting.