Decision details

Blyth Relief Road

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To provide an update on progress on the Blyth Relief Road project in advance of the planning application submission.

Decision:

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

 

a)       note progress to date on the Blyth Relief Road project;

 

b)       approve submission of the refreshed Outline Business Case to the Department for Transport for review and approval following approval of the Council budget in February 2025;

 

c)       delegate authority to the Executive Director for Place and Regeneration to authorise submission of the planning application to the Local Planning Authority on completion of the necessary documentation;

 

d)       approve £0.720m of capital expenditure to enable detailed design and development of the scheme and preparation of the planning application documentation to progress during 2024/25 to be funded from the virement of £0.720m of Local Transport Plan funds for schemes that were due to be delivered in 2024/25 but which are now being re-programmed for delivery in 2025/26;

 

e)       approve the proposed inclusion of a £5.006m match funding allocation within the Council’s proposed MTFP, to be funded from Strategic Management Reserve for the period 2025/26 to 2027/28, which will be considered by the County Council when setting its overall budget in February 2025, and for £0.650m of this funding to be used to continue progressing the scheme to ‘shovel-ready’ status by the end of December 2025, to maintain the overall delivery programme for this strategically important project. This will bring the Council’s total contribution to the project to £8.963 million, representing 15% of the estimated scheme cost; and

 

f)        approves the updating of the capital programme as set out in 10.9 Table 1.

Report author: Stuart McNaughton

Publication date: 14/01/2025

Date of decision: 14/01/2025

Decided at meeting: 14/01/2025 - Cabinet

Effective from: 20/01/2025

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