Projects worth £3.9m to be discussed by Chichester District Council
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During a meeting of the cabinet on January 7, councillors will be asked to recommend that £3.9m be taken from reserves to pay for two major projects in 2025/26.
The first project will see £3.3m spent on improvements at the Westhampnett Depot, where waste collection, street cleaning and parks and gardens teams operate.
The second will see £600,000 spent on paving in Chichester.
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Hide AdA further £135,000 will be recommended to buy a food waste collection vehicle, in time for government reforms to introduce weekly collections by March 2026.
On top of that, cabinet members will be asked to recommended that a further £3m be ring-fenced for climate change action plan, regeneration strategy, and housing, homelessness & rough sleeping strategy projects – £1m for each category.
If approved by the cabinet, the projects – along with changes to the Corporate Plan – will be put to a meeting of the full council on January 21.
The main changes in the Corporate Plan centre around highways matters.
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Hide AdIf approved, work to reduce traffic congestion and improve safety on the A285 Chichester to Tangmere will be pushed back to 2028/29.
Junction improvement work on the A286 Birdham Road/B2201 (Selsey Tram Roundabout) will be pushed back to 2026/27.
Phase one of the A259 Chichester to Bognor Regis corridor improvement scheme will be pushed back to 2027 to 2029. And phase two will be pushed back to 2028/29.
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