Decision details

RESOLVED

(a) that the submission of the Full Business Case for the A382 Drumbridges to Newton Abbot Major Road Network Scheme (“The Scheme”) to the Department for Transport (subject to satisfactory acquisition of the primary land areas required) be approved, with any changes agreed by the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Environment and Transport and Local Members for Newton Abbot North and Newton Abbot South;

(b) that the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport be given delegated authority to award the construction contract(s) for the works subject to project costs being within the overall budget of £56.76 million; and

(c) that the serving of compulsory purchase notices, taking possession of the land and the subsequent land acquisition together with the construction of The Scheme be approved, with any changes being agreed by the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Environment and Transport, subject to confirmation of Department for Transport funding.