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On 10 July 2026 Cabinet:-
(i) Approved the acceptance of revenue grant funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) of £17m for 26/27. This has been allocated by the DfT to support the Council’s transition arrangements away from the private finance initiative;
(ii) Approved the base revenue budget for 26/27 to be £63.378m and agrees to the use of £29.0m from the retained Highways PFI revenue reserves to fund the Interim Service Contract;
(iii) Delegated authority to the Executive Director of City Operations in consultation with the Director of Commercial and Procurement and the Cabinet Member for Transport to extend the Interim Service Contract to March 2029 to mitigate the risk of it expiring before replacement contracts can be put in place;
(iv) Delegated authority to the Executive Director of City Operations, in consultation with Cabinet Member for Transport, the Executive Director of Finance and S151 Officer and the City Solicitor (or their delegates) to take all necessary steps to implement the recommendations in this report including:
- Acceptance of £17m City Regions Sustainable Transport Settlement capital funding into the budget and progressing the work on the business case for its planned use for inclusion in the Capital Budget (as part of the Capital Gateway process);
- Conclusion of all legal and commercial matters arising from the termination of the Project Agreement with Birmingham Highways Limited provided these are within the council’s approved budget for highways;
(v) Approved the commencement of market engagement to support early dialogue with the market on potential options for the future Highways Delivery Model, informed by the approach set out in paragraphs 4.27 to 4.34 and Appendix A to the report;
(vi) Noted the actions that have been taken following the DfT decision at paragraph 4.11 to 4.15.
THE DEADLINE FOR CALL IN IS 1600 HOURS ON THURSDAY 16 JULY 2026.
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