Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economy concerning the bid for Growth Deal 3 Funding to secure improvements at Gloucester Railway Station and its environs.        

RESOLVED:

That authority be delegated to the Head of Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration & Economy, to continue to seek funding and submit appropriate bids to deliver improvements around the railway station and its links into the City Centre.

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economy concerning the bid for Growth Deal 3 Funding to secure improvements at Gloucester Railway Station and its environs.

The report responded to a Notice of Motion proposed by Councillor Hilton.

The Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economy expressed his disappointment over the unsuccessful bid, but he hoped to secure funding in the future.  He advised that meetings were currently taking place with partners to deliver this.  Officers would continue to seek funding to deliver improvements around the station, however the footbridge would not be included as part of the proposals.

RESOLVED that authority be delegated to the Head of Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration & Economy, to continue to seek funding and submit appropriate bids to deliver improvements around the railway station and its links into the City Centre.