Purpose

To acknowledge the completed Whittlesey Relief Road Strategic
Outline Business Case (SOC) and its
recommendations and agree next steps to source funding for the completion of
further, more detailed work to continue the development of this
project, with the amount required being
£220,000.

Content

AGREED to:

·        
note the report and its recommendations;

·        
support in principle the proposal for further work
to refine the scheme and assess further benefits;

·        
ask Officers to explore alternative potential
approaches to source the £220,000 required to complete the
work recommended in the Whittlesey Relief Road Strategic Outline
Business Case (SOC); and

·        
bring to the attention of the Planning Team the
wording of paragraph 2.2 of this Agenda Report and request that
officers include this conclusion of the SOC and take this into
account within officer reports for any applications of 20+ houses
and any significant commercial developments in Whittlesey, Eastrea
and Coates.