Agenda item

Report of the Director of the Built Environment.

The Deputy Chairman took the Chair for consideration of this item. Deputy Catherine McGuinness withdrew from the meeting whilst the item was considered.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of the Built Environment concerning transportation and public realm improvements in the Beech Street area.

Members were advised that this item had been substantively withdrawn, following consideration by the Streets & Walkways Sub-Committee on 3 July 2018 where Members had rejected the proposals as outlined in the report.

The resolution of the Streets & Walkways Sub-Committee meeting held on 3 July 2018 was subsequently tabled, alongside revised recommendations limiting the proposals to funding relating to the structures investigation element of the project and requesting that a revised report be submitted to the next meeting which examined the options around commissioning either a limited Beech Street area traffic model or a City-wide traffic model. It was noted that the Resource Allocation Sub-Committee had supported the approach recommended by the Streets & Walkways Sub-Committee and the Policy & Resources Committee was asked to endorse this position.

RESOLVED: That approval be given to:-

1)    an increase in the estimated project budget of £98,402 to £218,927 to fund the structures investigations to Gateway 4 and the City-wide model investigation until the next update report in September;

2)    the allocation of £98,402 of Public Realm and Local Transport Improvement CIL funds to fund the structures investigation element of the project to Gateway 4.  (N.B. - this was the total for structures work as set out in Appendix 4 of the original report , i.e. £18,402 structures team staff costs + £80,000 structures consultant fees); and

3)    the delegation of authority for any adjustments between elements of the £218,927 required budget to the Director of the Built Environment, in conjunction with the Chamberlain, provided the total approved budget of £218,927 was not exceeded and the scope remained unchanged.