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(a)      note the advance and
enabling development works undertaken to date to reduce risk to the
main construction works and mitigate educational disruption;
(b)      note that the works
carried out to date remain within the Capital Plan budget envelope
and that work continues towards collating the main costs that will
allow completion of the full business case; and
(c)      instruct the Chief Officer
– Capital to continue to progress all necessary procurements,
approvals, permissions, licenses, agreements and consents required
to develop and implement the projects within the Capital Programme
budget, reporting progress through the regular capital programme
monitoring reports to this committee and to circulate for
information the full business Cases for each project to committee
members once completed; and
(d)      to note that the Director
of City Regeneration and Environment would raise Councillor
Watson’s concerns regarding the speeding buses on Caledonian
Place at the next meeting of the Aberdeen Bus Partnership, which
includes within its membership, representation from FirstBus.