Agenda item

Report of the Director of the Built Environment

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Director of the Built Environment providing the Sub-Committee with a wider update on Crossrail and the reinstatement of public highway areas following construction of Crossrail. The Director of the Built Environment introduced the report and addressed several points raised by Members, regarding the emerging risk at Lindsey Street and Finsbury Circus, also assuring the Sub-Committee that officers were confident on the range of costs resulting from delays to the Crossrail programme.

Members then discussed Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and queried how the CIL budget was controlled and the process for allocating funds. The Director of the Built Environment explained that funding bid reports would be presented to relevant Committees in December, and this would determine whether CIL funding was allocated to the Crossrail Finsbury Circus reinstatement project. The City of London Corporation had moved towards an annual bid process for allocating central funding such as CIL or On-Street Parking Reserve (OSPR). As Members felt the matter was not clear, it was requested that officers provide a clear explanation on the processes around the allocation of funding following the meeting.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.