Agenda item

Consideration was given to a report of the Director of the Built Environment.  The report sought to extend the scope of the Bloomberg Place project from highway evaluation and design to include implementation of highway changes in addition to substantial environmental enhancements at the request of the developer.

A query was raised regarding the association between private land and public highway and it was confirmed that this information would be provided to the Sub Committee.

RESOLVED – That,

a)     the project scope be extended from solely evaluating highway options and design to include the evaluation, design and implementation of necessary highway improvements and desired environmental enhancements including possible introduction of trees in the public highway;

b)     the total estimated costs be increased from £250,000, the estimated cost of highway evaluation and design reported to Members in February 2012, to £3 million to include the cost of implementation as described above;

c)     a further £200,000 be approved from the £250,000 already received to progress the project to Gateway 3/4 as shown in Appendix 1;

d)     authority for any further budget adjustments for highway evaluation and design purposes be delegated to the Town Clerk in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman;

e)     the project be authorised to proceed under the project approval procedure from “Streamlined” to “Standard” as required for projects of a value exceeding £2 million; and

f)       the project be required to progress under a combined Gateway 3/4 due to lack of real options.