Issue - meetings

[To consider the outcomes of the consultation]

1.     That Option 5 (expressed as Option B in the consultation documents) be endorsed as the preferred scheme for further development following the public consultation.

2.     That further detailed development of Option 5 and the submission of bids for development funding and potential scheme delivery funding be approved.

3.     That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment in consultation with the Director of Finance to approve capital budgets to enable further development activity for the major scheme preferred Option 5.

4.     That authority be delegated to the Director City Environment to undertake initial discussions with potentially affected property owners to agree Heads of Terms for acquisition, should the project subsequently be approved for implementation.

5.     That it be noted that further reports would be brought forward as appropriate to update on progress of funding applications.

Councillor Steve Evans presented the report on the outcome of consultations on a potential third phase of works to improve the transport network conditions for all users along the corridor known at City East Gateway – A454 Willenhall Road, focusing on the Neachells Lane Junction.

Two thirds of the total responses to the consultations supported Option 5 that would involve the construction of a gyratory system which removes many of the traffic conflicts from the existing junction thereby significantly improving the efficiency of getting traffic through the junction.

Resolved:

1.    That Option 5 (expressed as Option B in the consultation documents) be endorsed as the preferred scheme for further development following the public consultation.

2.    That further detailed development of Option 5 and the submission of bids for development funding and potential scheme delivery funding be approved.

3.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment in consultation with the Director of Finance to approve capital budgets to enable further development activity for the major scheme preferred Option 5.

4.    That authority be delegated to the Director City Environment to undertake initial discussions with potentially affected property owners to agree Heads of Terms for acquisition, should the project subsequently be approved for implementation.

5.    That it be noted that further reports would be brought forward as appropriate to update on progress of funding applications.