Decision details
Hereford Transport Package (HTP)
Decision Maker: Director of Economy and Place (Historic)
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The 19/20 Capital Programme funding was
approved by Council 15 February 2019, and included a provision of
£3.5m in 19/20 for the Hereford Transport Package.
The 11 March 2019 decision taken by Cabinet Member Infrastructure
to approve spending of the £3.65m budget through delegated
authority to the Director for Economy and Place.
A Record of Officer Decision was taken by the Director for Economy
and Place on 4 June 2019 to authorise commissioning of the 19/20
programme of works through the public realm contract with an
initial value of up to £1.7m.
To date £971k has been spent of the £1.7m budget. Costs
associated with the continuation of the stated pieces of work are
anticipated to be £26k and will be funded from the remaining
balance of £729k of the authorised budget of
£1.7m.
A decision was taken 9 August 2019 by Cabinet Member for
Infrastructure and Highways to pause all work on the Hereford
bypass and a review of the project be undertaken to determine next
steps. This decision was called in and a General Scrutiny meeting
was held 9th September in which recommendations were made.
The Cabinet Member took a further decision 22 October 2019 which
took into consideration the recommendations made by General
Scrutiny Committee and confirmed a review of the bypass project to
determine next steps.
The 22 October 2019 decision recommendations also included the
continuation of the following pieces of work whilst the review is
undertaken:
• Phase 2a consultation report completion
• Geophysical survey report completion
• Ground Investigation Report (GIR) completion
• Walking and Cycling (WCHAR) assessment completion
• Traffic Modelling
• Large Local Major Bid completion
These works are to be commissioned through the public realm contact
within a budget envelope of £71k.
Proposals are assessed for value for money by Herefordshire
Council’s Infrastructure and Public Realm contract management
teams through due processes before being approved as
acceptable.
Public Realm contract commissions can be varied, through the change
control contractual mechanism, if priorities change and additional
or alternative options would be explored.
Contact: Richard Ball, Director for economy and place Email: rball@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432260965.
Publication date: 20/03/2020
Date of decision: 19/03/2020
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