Issue - decisions

(a)      approve the final design layout as shown in Appendices 1 to 4 and detailed within this report for the Pedestrian Spine on the Beach Boulevard; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – Capital, following consultation with the Chief Officer – Commercial and Procurement Services, to negotiate and execute contracts for delivery of the construction programme in line with the previously approved total project budget as detailed in paragraph 4, reporting progress through the Chief Officer – Capital’s regular capital programme monitoring reports to this committee;

(c)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Commercial and Procurement Services, to circulate to members of the Committee  (1) the independent consultant’s Traffic Management Modelling Report; (2) the costs relating to the Certificate of Lawfulness; and (3) the advice provided by the Planning Authority confirming that works would be undertaken without the need for planning permission; and

(d)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to clarify why the report made no reference to sections 207 and 208 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, regarding the powers of planning authorities to stop up roads.