Issue - meetings

(i)              That the current proposals for the Kidsgrove Station Project be noted.

(ii)             That the Government funding simplification for Towns Deals and the implications for projects currently in delivery be noted.

(iii)           That the strategic significance of investing in an improved train station facility at Kidsgrove for the delivery of Kidsgrove Town Deal and approves the revised scheme to progress be recognised.

(iv)           That the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder, for Finance, Town Centres and Growth be authorised to vary the current Grant Funding Agreement with East Midlands Railway to enable the project to be delivered.

The Leader introduced a report updating Members on the improvement works at Kidsgrove Train Station as  part of the Kidsgrove Town Deal and the recent changes to Town Deal Governance and to seek approval to proceed with the station project.

The revised plans for the modernised train station were now moving to the next stage and were detailed in the report.

A much larger scheme had been planned which would have involved bringing the former car park back into use but government funding was not made available for those remedial works.  Therefore, following discussions with East Midlands Railway and National Rail, a revised scheme would now involve refurbishment of the station and would be a great improvement of the station and a gateway into the new developments taking place.

Councillor Skelding stated that it was a shame that some of the funding was withdrawn but good to see the works taking place under the Town Deal.  Kidsgrove Train Station was a small but well used station.

Resolved:    (i)       That the current proposals for the Kidsgrove Station

Project be noted.

(ii)             That the Government funding simplification for Towns Deals and the implications for projects currently in delivery be noted.

(iii)           That the strategic significance of investing in an improved train station facility at Kidsgrove for the delivery of Kidsgrove Town Deal and approves the revised scheme to progress be recognised.

(iv)           That the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder, for Finance, Town Centres and Growth be authorised to vary the current Grant Funding Agreement with East Midlands Railway to enable the project to be delivered.

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