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Meeting: 09/11/2022 - Cabinet (Item 245)

245 North Devon Link Road Project Update (Part 2 item)

Report of the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport (CET/22/67) giving a Project Update on the North Devon Link Road, attached.

 

An Impact Assessment was previously prepared and circulated separately to Cabinet Members and was available on the Council’s website at:  North Devon Link Road - Impact Assessment.The proposed changes did not affect the Impact Assessment.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED that the design changes to the North Devon Link Road, as outlined in the recommendations section of the Report, be approved.

Minutes:

(An item taken under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 during which the press and public were excluded, no representations having been received to such consideration under Regulation 5(5) of the  Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012).

 

(Councillor Biederman attended in accordance with Standing Order 25(2) and spoke to this item).

 

The Cabinet considered the Report of the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport (CET/22/67) giving a Project Update on the North Devon Link Road, circulated prior to the meeting in accordance with regulation 7(4) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012.

 

On 8 July 2020 Cabinet approved the submission of the Full Business Case (FBC) and award of contracts for the North Devon Link Road project (PTE/20/11).  A copy of the scope of the scheme at the time of the FBC was included at Appendix 1 to the Report and the delivery of the project consisted of a number of contracts for the construction.

 

The Cabinet noted that the strategic aims and objectives of the project aligned well with the Council’s Plan 2021-2025, and the proposed design changes outlined in the Report had little impact on the benefits.

 

In progressing the scheme, an Impact Assessment had been previously prepared for the July 2020 Cabinet meeting previously circulated. It was further available on the Council’s website at:  North Devon Link Road - Impact Assessment.The proposed changes did not affect the Impact Assessment.

 

The matter having been debated and the options and/or alternatives and other relevant factors (e.g. financial, sustainability, carbon impact, risk management, equality and legal considerations) set out in the Director’s Report and/or referred to above having been considered:

 

It was MOVED by Councillor Davis, SECONDED by Councillor Hart, and

 

RESOLVED that the design changes to the North Devon Link Road, as outlined in the recommendations section of the Report, be approved.



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