Issue - meetings
The Bell Junction
Meeting: 06/11/2018 - Cabinet (Item 428)
428 The Bell Junction PDF 104 KB
Report of Deputy Chief Executive (Place) attached
Additional documents:
- 08 - Appendix 1 - Constraints Plan, item 428 PDF 496 KB
- 08 - Appendix 2 - Optionsfor consultation_2018 final, item 428 PDF 3 MB
- 08 - Appendix 3 - The Bell Questionnaire 2018 - final, item 428 PDF 315 KB
- 08 - Appendix 4 - The Bell Highway Option Appraisal final, item 428 PDF 569 KB
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
Minutes:
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