Agenda item

Report of the Director of the Built Environment

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Director of Built Environment in relation to the highway changes and public realm improvements at Aldgate.

Officers advised that although the approved budget for the pavilion was currently £4.4M, there was a further risk exposure of £0.5M given unresolved early warning notices and compensation event requests made by the contractor. These claims were currently being negotiated by the City Surveyor.

RESOLVED - To

1)    Note the overall project update, and be advised that the City Surveyor’s Department will be submitting a report associated with the Pavilion;

2)    Approve that any remaining funding shortfall, which is not expected to exceed £3M, be met from the OSPR, off set from the provision set aside for the All Change Bank project;

3)    Approve the increase of annual departmental base budgets for Highways (£75k) and Open Spaces (£40k), from the OSPR, to provide for the revenue implication of the Aldgate project;

4)    Note that a joint Lessons Learnt report will follow in Summer 2018 and the Gateway seven report will be provided a year later, as communications and monitoring conclude; and

5)    Agree that the gates, provided in the enclosure around the extended church garden area, would be closed at night time using the City’s powers under S.115B of the Highways Act 1980.