Purpose

Currently the Portway Park and Ride Bus Junction is set up to only serve buses as they travel to and from the City Centre which is restrictive for bus service development to Avonmouth and the north, as well as limiting for rail replacement services and shuttlebus services for the proposed YTL Arena.
On 3 October 2023 Bristol City Council Cabinet made the decision to approve a highways infrastructure project at the bus junction of the Portway Park and Ride site, to widen the mouth of the junction allowing the right turn into the site and the left turn out of the site for buses, as well as some crossing and wayfinding improvements.
In order to deliver the highway improvements, Bristol City Council is in need of securing the support of a civil engineering contractor which is the reason for this Officer Decision Notice.

Decision

Exercising the delegated approvals granted in the October 2023 Cabinet paper, that the S151 Officer, Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration, and Chair of the Transport and Connectivity Committee approve
(i)The tender process undertaken through Lot 6 of the Bristol Highways Asset Management and Associated Works Framework to procure a civils contractor to deliver the Portway Park and Ride junction improvements
(ii)The awarding of the civils contract to Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure Limited in the value of £1,513,098.70

Alternative options considered

Option 1 - Within the Full Business Case submitted to Bristol City Council Cabinet in October 2023 was a section outlining the options considered for the project (section 3.3 of the FBC) highlighting the reasons why options were discounted and why the preferred option was carried forward. The Full Business Case can be seen in the appendices submitted alongside the Cabinet Report.