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(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.

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.