News: Final bid for transport funds
Members of Rotherham Council's cabinet are being asked to approve "best and final" bids for government-funded transport schemes in the borough.
Government cuts last year meant that local authority projects were stopped in their tracks and many were asked to reduce costs. The Waverley Link Road and the Northern route of the South Yorkshire Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme made it into a "development group" of projects hoping to secure funds from a £600m Department for Transport pot.
Recently out for public consultation, the Waverley Link Road aims to support regeneration and economic growth at the Advanced Manufacturing Park and Waverley developments in Rotherham.
The link road would be a 1.2 mile long single-carriageway joining Retford Road and Highfield Lane.
The costs have been reduced by 34% in the hope of securing government funds for the £8.57m scheme. Members are being asked to approve the submission of a bid for £6.961m from the Department for Transport. The remainder of costs are to be met by UK Coal and the council.
The Northern route of the South Yorkshire Bus Rapid Transit scheme aims to improve the links between Rotherham and Sheffield passing Meadowhall, the Lower Don Valley and Templeborough. It aims help to foster economic growth along the corridor by helping people access jobs and opportunities.
The scheme involves a high-frequency, limited stop service and a new highway link under the M1 with a total cost of £34.35m. Members are being asked to approve the submission of a bid for £19.41m from the Department for Transport. The remainder of costs are to be met by the European Regional Development Fund, local developers such as British Land and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE).
The Southern route of the BRT scheme aimed to run from Sheffield city centre, along the Parkway to the proposed new development at Waverley and onto Rotherham Interchange. A business case for the Southern route was not submitted to the DfT before the government cuts and the DfT has stated that it would not accept any further submissions and would only consider the business case for the Northern route.
In February the scheme to improve the A57 between the M1 and Todwick in Rotherham was one of only nine projects to secure funding from the Department for Transport.
Images: RMBC
Government cuts last year meant that local authority projects were stopped in their tracks and many were asked to reduce costs. The Waverley Link Road and the Northern route of the South Yorkshire Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme made it into a "development group" of projects hoping to secure funds from a £600m Department for Transport pot.
Recently out for public consultation, the Waverley Link Road aims to support regeneration and economic growth at the Advanced Manufacturing Park and Waverley developments in Rotherham.
The link road would be a 1.2 mile long single-carriageway joining Retford Road and Highfield Lane.
The costs have been reduced by 34% in the hope of securing government funds for the £8.57m scheme. Members are being asked to approve the submission of a bid for £6.961m from the Department for Transport. The remainder of costs are to be met by UK Coal and the council.
The Northern route of the South Yorkshire Bus Rapid Transit scheme aims to improve the links between Rotherham and Sheffield passing Meadowhall, the Lower Don Valley and Templeborough. It aims help to foster economic growth along the corridor by helping people access jobs and opportunities.
The scheme involves a high-frequency, limited stop service and a new highway link under the M1 with a total cost of £34.35m. Members are being asked to approve the submission of a bid for £19.41m from the Department for Transport. The remainder of costs are to be met by the European Regional Development Fund, local developers such as British Land and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE).
The Southern route of the BRT scheme aimed to run from Sheffield city centre, along the Parkway to the proposed new development at Waverley and onto Rotherham Interchange. A business case for the Southern route was not submitted to the DfT before the government cuts and the DfT has stated that it would not accept any further submissions and would only consider the business case for the Northern route.
In February the scheme to improve the A57 between the M1 and Todwick in Rotherham was one of only nine projects to secure funding from the Department for Transport.
Images: RMBC
2 comments:
What public meeting there has not been one only a walk in were we could remark on the sceme and it was regeted by ALL!
Rotherham Get your facts right and leave the link road alone,
WAVERLEY FIELD IS OURS
RMBC have never had a proper consultation with the people and has been deviouse in all aspects.
The so called drop in consultation was undemocratic and only allowed a small number of people in at any one time whilst others stood in line outside trying to get in.
Many of those that braved the weather to attend the NON consultation ended up going home rather than get soaked.
RMBC have never done anything democratically and its about time we the people took our cities back from these tyrants.
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