Decision details

CONNECTING LEICESTER: ST MARTINS PHASE 2 IMPROVEMENT SCHEME

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Decision Maker: City Mayor (Individual Decision)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To approve the release of £1.6m funding from the Capital Programme Policy Provision in Highways & Infrastructure to works on St Martins as part of the Connecting Leicester street improvement programme.

Decision:

To approve the release of £1.6m from the policy provision in Highways & Infrastructure to the Connecting Leicester capital programme for the delivery of the final phase of the St Martins street improvement scheme.

Please Note: This decision was Called-In under Rule 12 of Part 4D of the Council’s Constitution. The Call-In was considered by the Overview Select Committee at its meeting on 11 January 2024 where it was withdrawn by resolution of the Committee in accordance with Rule 12 (g) of Part 4D of the Council’s Constitution. The original decision taken on 21 December 2023 is, therefore, deemed to be revived in its entirety.

Reasons for the decision:

To release funds for the delivery of the St Martins Phase 2 improvement scheme.

Alternative options:

Scheme options considered as part of design process.

Publication date: 13/12/2023

Date of decision: 21/12/2023

Effective from: 04/01/2024

This decision has been called in by:

Councillor Patrick Kitterick who writes We the undersigned wish to call-in the City Mayor’s decision to raid £1.6m from the City's Highways & Infrastructure budget to lavish on the St Martin's area of the City Centre which has already had millions spent upon it during the City Mayor's time in office. There are far more deserving targets of these funds which are needed to deal with repairs needed in Leicester's outer communities. Local neighbourhoods are suffering from potholed roads, poor footway surfaces and the threat of flooding and we wish to use the Call-In to look at the balance of priorities in allocating this large sum of money. "
Councillor Nigel Porter who writes We the undersigned wish to call-in the City Mayor’s decision to raid £1.6m from the City's Highways & Infrastructure budget to lavish on the St Martin's area of the City Centre which has already had millions spent upon it during the City Mayor's time in office. There are far more deserving targets of these funds which are needed to deal with repairs needed in Leicester's outer communities. Local neighbourhoods are suffering from potholed roads, poor footway surfaces and the threat of flooding and we wish to use the Call-In to look at the balance of priorities in allocating this large sum of money. "
Councillor Deepak Bajaj who writes We the undersigned wish to call-in the City Mayor’s decision to raid £1.6m from the City's Highways & Infrastructure budget to lavish on the St Martin's area of the City Centre which has already had millions spent upon it during the City Mayor's time in office. There are far more deserving targets of these funds which are needed to deal with repairs needed in Leicester's outer communities. Local neighbourhoods are suffering from potholed roads, poor footway surfaces and the threat of flooding and we wish to use the Call-In to look at the balance of priorities in allocating this large sum of money. "
Councillor Paul Westley who writes We the undersigned wish to call-in the City Mayor’s decision to raid £1.6m from the City's Highways & Infrastructure budget to lavish on the St Martin's area of the City Centre which has already had millions spent upon it during the City Mayor's time in office. There are far more deserving targets of these funds which are needed to deal with repairs needed in Leicester's outer communities. Local neighbourhoods are suffering from potholed roads, poor footway surfaces and the threat of flooding and we wish to use the Call-In to look at the balance of priorities in allocating this large sum of money. "
Councillor Hemant Rae Bhatia who writes We the undersigned wish to call-in the City Mayor’s decision to raid £1.6m from the City's Highways & Infrastructure budget to lavish on the St Martin's area of the City Centre which has already had millions spent upon it during the City Mayor's time in office. There are far more deserving targets of these funds which are needed to deal with repairs needed in Leicester's outer communities. Local neighbourhoods are suffering from potholed roads, poor footway surfaces and the threat of flooding and we wish to use the Call-In to look at the balance of priorities in allocating this large sum of money. "

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