Decision details

The Bell Junction

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

The Cabinet considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) providing an update on the work undertaken to progress the Bell Junction Improvement Project together with details of the preferred scheme option (2) which had been developed taking into account a number of factors, including the outcome of public consultation, feedback, cost and deliverability.

 

Resolved:

 

1. That option 2, without a footbridge, be taken forward as the preferred option, taking into consideration comments from the public consultation, utility constraints, programming, environmental mitigations and deliverability within the Local Growth Fund deadline.

 

2. That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive (Place), in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, to agree the final option to be taken forward to detailed design, implementation, advertisement of any necessary traffic regulation orders, any land transfer and planning permissions following circulation of these details to all Councillors and discussions with Group Leaders.

 

3. That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive (Place), in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, to implement any experimental orders to inform the final option to be implemented.

 

4. That following South East Local Enterprise Partnership Accountability Board approval of the Bell Junction Improvement Business Case, the project proceed to detailed design and procurement of the Design and Build Contractor.

 

5. That, following the outcome of the public consultation, should the Southend capital contribution increase more than the additional £2.144m being requested, a further report on the funding shall be presented to Cabinet.

 

Reasons for decision:

 

As set out in the submitted report.

 

Other options:

 

As set out in the submitted report.

 

Note: This is an Executive Function

Eligible for call-in to: Place Scrutiny Committee

Cabinet Member: Cllr Moring

Report author: Peter Geraghty

Publication date: 09/11/2018

Date of decision: 06/11/2018

Decided at meeting: 06/11/2018 - Cabinet

Accompanying Documents:

 

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