URL: https://sandwell.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1017

Decision Maker: Executive Director - Place

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose: A report granting ‘in principle’ approval to the A4123 Walk, Cycle and Bus measures project was approved at Cabinet July 2024. The scheme is part of the Council’s programme of transport infrastructure projects funded through the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, a government fund overseen by the Department for Transport and devolved to the West Midlands Combined Authority. Projects within the programme are reported to Cabinet individually. Each project must progress through the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Single Assurance Framework (SAF) process to enable funding to be confirmed and allocated to the Council through grant agreements. There are multiple stages to the SAF process corresponding with the submission of Strategic Outline Business Cases (SOBC), Outline Business Cases (OBC), and Full Business Cases (FBC). The power to authorise the submission of Outline Business Cases for CRSTS projects has been delegated to the Executive Director - Place in order to avoid the need for multiple reports to Cabinet.

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Date of Decision: December 19, 2024