Issue - meetings
External Transportation Links to Bay of Nigg - STAG Pre-Appraisal and STAG Part 1 Appraisal
Meeting: 29/08/2017 - Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee (Item 32)
Additional documents:
Decision:
(i) to note the content of the ‘Transportation Links to Bay of Nigg Harbour’ Business Case (Appendix 1) and specifically that, under Aberdeen City Region Deal, £25m has been allocated from the UK Government (£12.5m) and Scottish Government (£12.5m) for the transport infrastructure to support external connections to the Harbour Development;
(ii) to approve the commissioning of a Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) Pre-Appraisal and STAG Part 1 Appraisal for External Transportation Links to the Bay of Nigg Harbour Development, and add the £100,000 project and associated City Region deal match funding to the Council’s Non-Housing Capital programme;
(iii) to approve the estimated expenditure for the procurement exercise detailed in exempt Appendix 2; and
(iv) to instruct the Interim Head of Planning and Sustainable Development to undertake the procurement exercise identified in exempt Appendix 2 for the work.
Minutes:
The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which sought approval to commission a Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) Pre-Appraisal and STAG Part 1 Appraisal for External Transportation Links to the Bay of Nigg Harbour Development. The project is being progressed through City Region Deal.
The report recommended:-
That the Committee -
(a) Note the content of the ‘Transportation Links to Bay of Nigg Harbour’ Business Case (Appendix 1) and specifically that, under Aberdeen City Region Deal, £25m has been allocated from the UK Government (£12.5m) and Scottish Government (£12.5m) for the transport infrastructure to support external connections to the Harbour Development;
(b) Approve the commissioning of a Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) Pre-Appraisal and STAG Part 1 Appraisal for External Transportation Links to the Bay of Nigg Harbour Development, and add the £100,000 project and associated City Region deal match funding to the Council’s Non-Housing Capital programme;
(c) Approve the estimated expenditure for the procurement exercise detailed in exempt Appendix 2; and
(d) Subject to approval of b) and c), instruct the Head of Planning and Sustainable Development to undertake the procurement exercise identified in exempt Appendix 2 for the work.
The Committee resolved:-
to agree the recommendations.