Decision details
Clean Bus Technology Fund
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
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
£356,580 to Stagecoach 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
Signed off by senior officers:
Tim Sadler, Transition Director, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer and Section 151 Officer.
Publication date: 24/04/2020
Date of decision: 14/01/2020