Purpose

A key decision was taken at the Transport and
Connectivity Policy Committee on July 11 2024 within item 8,
Strategic Corridors update and delivery of City Centre project. The
committee authorised the Executive Director: Growth and
Regeneration, in consultation with the Chair of the Transport and
Connectivity Committee to take all steps required to accept and
spend additional funding (including procuring and awarding
contracts) … to deliver Business Cases for approval by the
Committee to submit to the West of England Mayoral Combined
Authority for the City Centre project of up to £4.00m.”
This commission is part of that work.

Content

Following a procurement exercise ran via
Constellia, Aecom will be commissioned to undertake scheme
assessment and appraisal and present this in 2 chapters of an
Outline Business Case (OBC). The OBC will cover part of the CRSTS
City Centre project, specifically the infrastructure changes in the
City Centre, bus re routing and the introduction of a new rapid
transit service.