Purpose

In 2022 Bristol City Council was successful in
obtaining £6m in grant funding as part of Defra’s Flood
and Coastal Innovation Resilience Programme (FCRIP). This is being
delivered via the Resilient Frome programme of works, which is
looking at new and innovative ways to manage flood risk within the
river Frome catchment via six workstreams:
•Natural Flood Management
•Sustainable Drainage Retrofit
•River Enhancement
•Planning Policy
•Innovative Private Funding
•Telemetry Improvements
This Officer Decision Notice is in relation to the River
Enhancement workstream. The project wishes to construct a seating
terrace within Riverside Park, as well as make improvements to the
river channel via the removal of debris and non-native invasive
plants species and enhancement planting within the channel. Other
remedial works include the installation of bat-friendly lighting
and improved seating within the area. The project wishes to
progress onto the detail design stage, which also includes
planning, consents and completion of the Full Business Case.

Content

To award the contract the contract to Mott
MacDonald to complete the detail design phase for the Resilient
Frome River Enhancement project as part of the Defra Innovation
Resilience Programme Fund agreed at Cabinet meeting 7th of June
2022.

Alternative options considered

As this is part of the Resilient Frome project
agreed at Cabinet on the 7th of June 2022, no alternative options
were considered.