Carlisle City Council looks set to approve the spending of an additional £2.2m on capital projects across the city.

The revised capital programme for the financial year 2019/20 is £28,739,700, an increase on an earlier figure of £25,071,200 agreed by the council in February.

The expenditure considered by the council’s new executive this week takes account of an increase of £432,500 for additional Disabled Facilities Grant, taking the total grants paid out to £1,899,764.

The report considered by the executive also stressed that the expenditure for 2019/20 and 2020/21 “may be amended” depending upon decisions on the re-development of the Sands Centre Redevelopment.

The slight increase has been attributed to commitments brought forward from the previous financial year 2018/19, of which £982,100 has already been approved.

Under the proposals,  £120,000 worth of capital receipts are ring-fenced for the repayment of a grant to the Durranhill Industrial Estate.

The release of the earmarked cash will be delegated to the Corporate Director of Economic Development Jane Meek.

But the money would only be handed over following talks with the Chief Executive Jason Gooding, the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources and the Portfolio Holder Alison Taylor and the finance portfolio-holder Gareth Ellis.

The proposals are due to be put to the council formally in July.