Decision details

(i)       to note and approve the Updated Strategic Business Case (USBC) for the External Transportation Links to the Aberdeen South Harbour project, as per Appendix 1;

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth in his remit as Chair of the Programming Board to submit the USBC to the UK and Scottish Governments to draw down £1.2m from the £25m allocated to this project from the Aberdeen City Region Deal;

(iii)      to approve the £1.2m for project manager resource and the costs outlined to complete the design work;

(iv)      that subject to approval by the UK and Scottish Governments, instruct the Chief Officer - Capital to progress the next stages of project delivery, including but not limited to, surveys and investigations, design development, obtaining all necessary approvals, permissions, licences, agreements and consents required to develop the design and an Outline Business Case for the project and to report back to this Committee and the City Region Deal Joint Committee upon completion in 2024, and to provide an update if not completed by that time; and

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Capital to investigate all possible measures to expedite the delivery of the harbour link road and update members of the Committee accordingly.