The Director of City Development submitted a report advising of the scheme costs totalling £2,770,000 for the proposed improvements to Horsforth Roundabout and which also sought authority to incur additional expenditure of £2,520,000 (of which, £250,000 had been previously approved). In addition, the report also sought to invite tenders and to implement the proposed highway improvement works to Horsforth Roundabout.
RESOLVED –
(a) That the construction of the Council’s preferred scheme to fully signaliseHorsforth Roundabout at an estimated cost of £2,770,000, be approved.
(b) That an additional £1,450,000 be injected into the City Development Capital Programme for this scheme (noting that £1,320,000 is already included in the Capital Programme and also that the £1,450,000 is funded from a private developer contribution receipt).
(c) That authority be given to incur additional expenditure of £2,520,000 (comprising of works costs of £2,380,000; staff fee costs of £110,000 and legal/other costs of £30,000) funded from the LTP Transport Policy Capital Programme (£1,070,000) and a Private Developer contribution receipt (£1,450,000).
(d) That it be noted that previous Design and Cost reports approved authority to incur expenditure of £250,000 on initial staff design fee costs on this scheme, funded from the LTP Transport Policy Capital Programme.
(e) That it be noted that the officer responsible for implementing these proposals is the Acting Head of Transport Policy, that the works will be procured through competitive tender and delivered in line with the date identified in section 4.7 of the submitted report.