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(i)       approve the Outline Business Case (Appendix 1);

(ii)      instruct the Chief Officer – Capital to progress all necessary procurements, approvals, permissions, licenses, agreements and consents required to develop and implement the project within its budget;

(iii)      note that available funding through the AWPR Non-Motorised User Fund is sufficient to fund the elements identified in 2.2 of this report, with the exception of implementation; and

(iv)     instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to seek additional external funding to allow the implementation of the project.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of City Regeneration and Environment which provided information on the outcomes of the Outline Business Case undertaken for the A92 Murcar North Active Travel scheme.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      approve the Outline Business Case (Appendix 1);

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – Capital to progress all necessary procurements, approvals, permissions, licenses, agreements and consents required to develop and implement the project within its budget;

(c)      note that available funding through the AWPR Non-Motorised User Fund is sufficient to fund the elements identified in (b), with the exception of implementation; and

(d)      instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to seek additional external funding to allow the implementation of the project.

The Convener, seconded by the Vice Convener, moved:-

that the Committee approve the recommendations contained within the report.

Councillor Malik, seconded by Councillor Watson, moved as an amendment:-

that the Committee –

(1)    note the recommendations in the report;

(2)    agree the report highlights that Aberdeenshire Council residents will gain significant benefits from the proposed changes;

(3)    instruct the Chief Executive to write to Aberdeenshire Council asking them to contribute to the proposed works; and

(4)    agree that if the SNP are serious about this proposal, it should be in their Capital Plan which it is not,  and that waiting until 2030 shows that the SNP are window dressing at best.

On a division, there voted:- for the motion (7) – the Convener, the Vice Convener and Councillors Allard Brooks, Cooke, Farquhar and Greig; for the amendment (2) – Councillors Malik and Watson.

The Committee resolved:-

to adopt the motion.