Decision details

Cllr Nigel Moor, Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning, sought Cabinet approval to delegate authority to the Executive Director for Economy, Environment

and Infrastructure to procure three areas of work which included professional

services, legal advisors and estate management to work towards delivering

the M5 Junction 9 and A46 (Ashchurch) Transport Scheme. In addition he sought to obtain approval to spend a further £5 million, at risk, on the Outline Business Case (OBC) for M5 Junction 9/A46 (Ashchurch) Transport Scheme in addition to the £3 million already approved by Cabinet on 17^th June 2020.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and,

RESOLVED to:

1. Agree to allocate approximately £1,000,000 claimed as historical costs from the M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme, towards completing the Outline Business Case (OBC) for M5 Junction 9/A46 (Ashchurch) Transport Scheme.

2. Agree the use of approximately £2,000,000 in 2021/2022 from the county council transport planning base budget for business case funding to be used specifically for the M5 Junction 9/A46 (Ashchurch) Transport Scheme.

3. Note that a request will be made as part of the year end process to carry forward the underspend from the county council transport planning base budget for business case funding for the use of expenditure against the OBC for M5 Junction 9/A46 (Ashchurch) Transport Scheme.

4. Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment and Infrastructure to procure;

the work (OBC delivery) under our Professional Services

contract and

estate management services under the ESPO 2700 Estates

Management Professional Services framework

5. Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment and Infrastructure to commission legal advisors to support the scheme development under our EM lawshare agreement.