Decision details

This report details a new scheme to be included in the 2018/19 Transport Capital Programme in order to progress design works on the Oldham Way Structures scheme.
This report identifies the budget to enable the creation of a new scheme in the 2018/19 Transport Capital Programme and progress advanced design work on a scheme to refurbish the Oldham Way Structures (Manchester Street viaduct, Waterloo Street Bridge and Wellington Road Bridge). There is an aspiration to include this scheme in upcoming Department for Transport (DfT) Challenge Fund bid.

RESOLVED - That:
That £32,000 is identified within the transport capital programme to commission a desktop study to establish economical options for repairs along with associated budget repair costs for the above named structures. There is LTP underspend available on M0590 Disabled Parking Bay Applications and M0535 Transport Investment that could be utilised to create this new budget;
The budget repair costs will be used to bid for DfT Challenge Fund Tranche 2B (when the fund is launched, expected to be in Spring 2018) as a single project to carry out the repair works to the three Oldham Way structures;
This approach will offer value for money and also provide a funding stream to repair these structures which are unlikely, due to the potential cost of repairs, to be funded via our existing transport capital programme.

Option 1:
- Agree to the inclusion of a new scheme budget in the transport capital programme, as highlighted above, in order that design work on this large scheme can be progressed in advance of upcoming bidding opportunities.
Option 2:
- Do not agree to the inclusion of the new budget in the transport capital programme, as highlighted above, and don’t progress design work on this large scheme in advance of upcoming bidding opportunities.

Option 2:
- Do not agree to the inclusion of the new budget in the transport capital programme, as highlighted above, and don’t progress design work on this large scheme in advance of upcoming bidding opportunities.

Briefing notes to develop the scheme were prepared by Unity officers and presented at CIPB in September 2017 and December 2017.
Following this we were asked to identify an appropriate budget within the Transport Capital Programme to enable this work to begin.
This report identifies an appropriate budget within the transport capital programme to enable the works to be undertaken.