Issue - meetings

Cllr Dom Morris sought Cabinet approval for delegated authority to: procure highway services and construction phase works, through a competitive tender process, in relation to the B4058 Rushmire Hill Geotechnical Stabilisation Scheme; and make such ancillary orders as are necessary to

successfully implement the scheme.

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

RESOLVED to:

Delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Highways & Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways and Flood, to:

1. Conduct (subject to the financial restrictions set out in the Resource Implications section of this report below) a competitive procurement process in respect of as many contracts as may be required for the supply of highway services and construction phase works in relation to the B4058 Rushmire Hill Geotechnical Stabilisation Scheme;

2. Award such contract(s) to the preferred tenderer(s); and

3. Make such ancillary traffic regulation orders as may be required in order to successfully implement the Scheme, (such as temporary traffic regulation orders (TTROs) for speed limits etc.) during the construction phase of the Scheme.

6.1 In the absence of Cllr Dom Morris, Cabinet Member for Highways and Flooding, the Leader of the Council, Cllr Mark Hawthorne, sought Cabinet approval to delegate authority for the procurement of highway services and construction phase works through a competitive tender process in relation to the B4058 Rushmire Hill Geotechnical Stabilisation Scheme and to make any ancillary traffic regulation orders that might be necessary to successfully implement the scheme.

6.2 Outlining some of the key points to the decision, Cllr Hawthorne stated that the Geotechnical Remediation Scheme had been introduced in response to the ongoing slope instability located below a section of the B4058 highway north-west of Wotton-Under-Edge, also known as Rushmire Hill. It was explained that the site had developed defects in the surface of the highway since first inspected in September 2016 and had undergone various phases of resurfacing and slope monitoring in the interim.

6.3 The estimated cost of the scheme was estimated to be £2.5 million. Split between investigation and design at £0.6 million and construction at £1.9 million, the construction contract to be procured as one contract and span two financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26.

6.4 The scheme would be funded from the Landslip Capital Programme, with an approved budget of £3.5m available in 2024/25. It was confirmed that the funding would enable the current portfolio of works to commence construction in 2024/25, with anticipated completion in 2025/26.

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

RESOLVED to:

Delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Highways & Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways and Flood, to:

1.    Conduct (subject to the financial restrictions set out in the Resource Implications section of this report below) a competitive procurement process in respect of as many contracts as may be required for the supply of highway services and construction phase works in relation to the B4058 Rushmire Hill Geotechnical Stabilisation Scheme;

2.    Award such contract(s) to the preferred tenderer(s); and

3.    Make such ancillary traffic regulation orders as may be required in order to successfully implement the Scheme, (such as temporary traffic regulation orders (TTROs) for speed limits etc.) during the construction phase of the Scheme.