Decision details

£10.6m to Barnsley Council for J37 Phase 2

*Approval of this scheme at this meeting is subject to the scheme having progressed through the Assurance Framework requirements.

A report was received requesting the approval of a LGF change request for the Upper Don Valley Flood Alleviation scheme.

The report also provided an update on the retained major project ‘A630: Parkway Widening’, the Business Case for which is due to be submitted to Department of Transport (DfT) in October 2019.

It was noted that subject to the DfT’s approval of the Business Case for the A630 Parkway Widening scheme, the MCA will be asked to approve the entering into contractual arrangements at a future meeting.

RESOLVED, that the MCA:

1.    Notes the change proposed to the existing contract ‘Upper Don Valley Flood Alleviation Scheme’ which re-profiles £2.3m LGF expenditure from 2019/20 to 2020/21 subject to the conditions referenced within the report.

2.    Delegates authority to the Head of Paid of Service, in conjunction with the Section 73 Officer and the Monitoring Officer, to enter into the contractual arrangements required as a result of the above approval

3.    Notes the pending submission of the ‘A630: Parkway Widening’ Business Case to the DfT.