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The Committee RESOLVED (8 members voting in
favour and 1 against):
1. To note the
previous approvals given in relation to the City Centre Project in
May 2023; to the A4 Portway project in March 2024 and the A37/A4018
project in May 2023 as set out in the report.

 
2. To authorise the
Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with
the Chair of the Transport and Connectivity Policy Committee, to
take all steps required to proceed with the development of the
projects, noting that all further iterations of the business cases
will come back to Committee for approval. Specifically, for the
A37/A4018 project:
a. To proceed with the
procurement and development of three distinct full business cases
for A37/A4018 project work packages 3, 4 and 5.
b. To engage with key strategic
stakeholders for work package 3.
c. To commence public
engagement including stakeholder engagement on work packages 4 and
5.
d. To approve publicity
materials relating to the projects.
 
3. To authorise the
Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with
the Chair of the Transport and Connectivity Committee to take all
steps required to accept and spend additional funding (including
procuring and awarding contracts):
a.
to deliver Business Cases for approval by the Committee to submit
to WECA for the City Centre project of up to
£4.00m.
b.
to deliver the Full Business Case for approval by the Committee to
submit to WECA for the A4 Portway Project up to
£1.599m.
c.
to deliver Business Cases for approval by the Committee to submit
to WECA for the A37/A4018 project up to £4.00m.