Decision details
Clean Bus Technology Fund
Decision status: Implemented
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The Council has been awarded £671,550 of
funding from the Joint Air Quality Unit, DEFRA to retrofit buses in
Oxford with emissions reduction equipment, in the interest of
improving air quality. In May 2019 project approval was granted by
CEB and it was decided to Delegate to the Transition Director, in
consultation with the Monitoring Officer and Section 151 officer,
the authority within the funding envelope provided by the Council
to enter into: bid partners; and third parties required to deliver
the project subject to their being selected under an appropriate
procurement process.
Decision:
Decision has been made to award a grant of
£212,464 to Arriva and a grant of £75,880 to Oxford Bus
Company for retrofitting of buses with SCRT technology to reduce
emissions. Funding comes from the governments Clean Bus technology
Fund.
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - No award: rejected as grant funding
has been allocated to the council from Defra/DfT
Option 2 - Other providers: We are finalising a legal agreement
with stagecoach and a separate decision will come forward at a
later date.
Publication date: 23/07/2019
Date of decision: 22/07/2019
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