Issue - meetings

Cabinet received a report seeking approval to revise a funding allocation approved in July 2015 in relation to the Burnley Pendle Growth Corridor programme in order to fund and implement a highway improvement scheme at the junction of Colne Road and Halifax Road in the centre of Brierfield.

Resolved: That

  i.  a funding allocation within Hyndburn Burnley Pendle Growth Corridor programme of £440,000 be approved for a scheme proposal in Brierfield, Pendle.

  ii.  a further report be presented to Cabinet in due course outlining proposals to deliver the sustainable transport improvements in Burnley with a contribution of £250,000 from the programme.

  iii.  the implementation of the Brierfield town centre scheme as outlined in the report be approved subject to consultation

  iv.  the sustainable transport element within the Hyndburn Burnley Pendle Growth Corridor be treated as fully committed.