Agenda item

Gas Main Replacement – Gracechurch Street

The Chairman reported that both he and the Deputy Chairman had joined officers in a meeting with Cadent to discuss the gas main replacement works at Gracechurch Street which were due to start the following Monday and would continue until December.

The Chairman advised that the traffic implications of this would be very serious, and officers were currently working with TfL to try and proactively manage this.

22 Bishopsgate Public Realm Project

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Director of the Built Environment concerning the public realm project at 22 Bishopsgate.

RESOLVED - To

1)            Note that the project will be delivered in two phases in order to align with the programme for the development, but that the design will be developed in a unified way;

2)            Approve Option 1 for Great St Helen’s;

3)            Approve a budget of £150,000 to progress Phase 2 of the project to Gateway 5, subject to receipt of funds; and

4)            Agree to delegate Gateway 5 approval to the Chief Officer.