Decision details
BAPA HC Network Rail for the development of the Transport Hub
Decision Maker: Corporate Director – Economy & Environment
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The HCCTP was developed as an integrated
programme of schemes, which included a new transport hub at
Hereford railway station.
Cabinet’s decision 22 July 2021 authorised that the remaining
HCCTP programme funding be allocated to the development of the
transport hub project design and consultation.
Network Rail are a key stakeholder in the Hereford Transport Hub,
owning the train station and some of the land around the building.
To ensure that we engage fully with them to support the development
of the design of the Transport Hub it is a requirement that we
enter into a BAPA.
Engagement with Network Rail has taken place but has reached a
point at which they now require the BAPA to be in place before
surveys, discussions about land acquisition, construction and
maintenance can continue.
If surveys can’t be done, then WW+P cannot progress design,
effectively pausing the project.
This BAPA outlines that the council will pay Network Rail’s
professional fees for input to support and inform the development
of the Hereford Transport Hub. Activities will include but are not
limited to attending meetings, liaison with the design team and
providing requested information to inform the design, surveys and
construction stages.
This £100k figure is available within the current capital
programme budget 2022/23 financial year.
Item 6 (Council related costs of £544k) in Appendix 1 of the
27 October 2022 cabinet paper states in the Note below the table
that ** the Council related costs include programme/project
management costs, legal, surveys and planning.
The £100k is not from the Gap funding of £6.3m required
for the completion of the Transport Hub and will not trigger an
overspend this 2022/23 financial year.
Contact: Ross Cook, Corporate Director - Economy and Environment Email: ross.cook@herefordshire.gov.uk.
Publication date: 16/03/2023
Date of decision: 30/11/2022
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