Purpose

To consider approving the funding arrangements
and procurement of the main works to extend the H10 grid
road.

Content

RESOLVED:

1.1.   That funding of
£14.5m (including £1.6m approved to date) for the
delivery of the H10 extension, as shown on the annexed plans, be
provided from the Tariff Programme.

1.2.   That additional
resource allocation and spend approval of £12.9m is approved
in the capital programme.

1.3.   That a contractor
for the main works be procured through further competition
utilising the Midlands Highway Alliance (MHA) MSF4 Construction
Medium Schemes Framework.

1.4.   That authority be
delegated to the Director of Planning and Placemaking, in
consultation with the Director of Finance and Resources, to
finalise the arrangements for:

a)     
entering into a contract for the
delivery of the main H10 extension works; and

b)     
the completion of legal agreements as required with Milton Keynes
Development Partnership (MKDP), Milton Keynes Community Foundation
(MKCF) and Connolly, to allow for the works to be
delivered.