Decision details

Date of Decision:

29^th May 2026

Title:

Outline Business Case – Our Places Fund: Pedestrian movement (Underpasses).

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Andrew Bramidge, Executive director for Regeneration and Environment

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Cabinet 16/12/2024

Minute 92 Our Places Fund

[…] delegate authority to the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Council’s Section 151 Officer to add, amend or replace a scheme should it become unfeasible or undeliverable.

Decision:

That the Outline Business Case for the OPF: Pedestrian movement (Underpasses) scheme be approved and the scheme progress to the next stage of delivery.

Reasons for the Decision:

To progress the OPF Pedestrian movement (underpasses) scheme to the next stage of delivery – design development and FBC.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

As set out in the OBC:

·       Do not deliver the scheme

The do-nothing option would see the funding earmarked for the interventions under the OPF umbrella being reallocated within the Council budget. At submission to Cabinet, it remains a Council priority to listen to the community and deliver improvements in line with the OPF initiative objectives. There is a strong case regarding the need to deliver repairs and general upgrade to the area within the perimeter of the roundabout taken its current condition. The ‘do nothing’ option is therefore discounted.

·       Deliver improvements to the College road roundabout underpasses only

The intervention proposed responds to the matters raised at the public consultation and is fully within the remit of the funding allocated. This option delivers the required intervention to the College road roundabout underpasses. This option is acceptable and can therefore be recommended for delivery, but it is not a preferred one at this stage of the project development, because it misses an opportunity to deliver a positive improvement to an additional underpass within the immediate proximity of the location identified through the consultation with the public and the stakeholders.

·       Deliver improvements to the College road roundabout underpasses with an inclusion of an additional underpass under the Centenary way (recommended)

The preferred option is the ‘do maximum’ option: to secure approval for the delivery of a multidisciplinary intervention at the College road roundabout (to its underpasses and wider area) and to include a basic uplift to the Centenary Way underpass leading to Chapel walk into the scope of this intervention.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

n/a

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

n/a

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

n/a

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

n/a

Reports or parts of reports relevant to the decision being taken:

Outline Business Case (OBC) – Our Places Fund – Pedestrian movement (Underpasses) (incl. Appendices 1-4) - exempt.

Appendix_5 Climate Impact Assessment – OPF Pedestrian movement (Underpasses)

Appendix_6 Equality Impact Assessment Part A – OPF Pedestrian movement (Underpasses)

Appendix_7 Equality Impact Assessment Part B – OPF Pedestrian movement (Underpasses)