Purpose

To
seek approval to accept and spend additional funding for
development of Business Cases to be submitted to WECA for projects
in the Strategic Corridors Programme and to revise the approach to
the delivery of the A37/A4018 corridor scheme to accelerate the
project and deliver benefits earlier.

Content

That Cabinet:

1.     
Noted the previous Cabinet approvals on 5 October 2021 and the
revised approach as outlined in this report.

2.     
Authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration, in
consultation with the Cabinet Member Transport, to take all steps
required to accept and spend additional WECA funding to complete
Business Cases for the Strategic Corridors Programme, including
procuring and awarding appropriate contracts (which may be over the
key decision threshold), up to a total expenditure of
£6.5m.

3.     
Authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration, in
consultation with the Cabinet Member Transport, to proceed with
separate full business case development for the central and
southern sections of the A37/A4018 corridor and to continue with
the development of the OBC for the whole corridor.

4.     
Noted the consultation details and responses as outlined in
Appendix A1 and B.