Purpose
This report sets down for consideration by Cabinet the progress being made towards opening of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway.
Electoral divisions / districts
Cottenham, Histon and Impington, East Chesterton, King's Hedges, Papworth and Swavesey, Petersfield, St Ives, The Hemingfords and Fenstanton, Trumpington, Waterbeach, Willingham
From
Acting Executive Director: Environment Services
Name:Bob Menzies
Post:Head of Delivery Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
Email:Bob.menzies@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Tel:01223 717866
Member contact:
Name:Councillor Roy Pegram
Portfolio:Growth and Infrastructure and Strategic Planning
Email:roy.pegram@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Tel:699173
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Recommendation
Cabinet is asked to:
1. note that the Contractor continues to make slow progress towards rectifying the defects which would allow the Council to accept sectional completion of the busway between Cambridge and St Ives, and
2. note that the Contractor is progressing the southern section in accordance with their current programme, which shows the Busway complete in December.
Decision
It was resolved to:
i) Note that the Contractor continued to make slow progress towards rectifying the defects which would allow the Council to accept sectional completion of the busway between Cambridge and St Ives, and
ii) Note that the Contractor was progressing the southern section in accordance with their current programme, which shows the Busway complete in December.
iii) Request that officers now focussed their principal efforts on completion of the whole contract rather than the interim stage of sectional completion given the continued failure of Bam Nuttall to rectify the notified defects: and
iv) Continue to leave the option open for a sectional completion agreement and handover of the scheme should Ban Nuttall rectify the notified defects to this Council’s satisfaction.
Reason / options considered
As a result of the continued lack of significant progress towards rectifying the defects which would allow the Council to accept sectional completion of the busway between Cambridge and St Ives Cabinet has requested that it should receive a further progress report at each meeting.
Cabinet was again extremely concerned to receive a report which indicated a lack of progress by the contractor in achieving their stated and agreed objectives to address the defects identified in paragraph 1.5 of the report. It was therefore agreed that two additional recommendations should be added.
Details
Key decision: No
Published: Wednesday 7 July 2010