Officer Delegated Decision - Advance Works in Preparation for the Award of the MEB Construction Contract
December 2, 2025 Director of Transport and Infrastructure (Officer) Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to prepare for the award of the Middlewich Eastern Bypass (MEB) construction contract anticipated in January 2026, the Director approved commissioning £254,000 of advance works, including statutory undertaker works, pond construction and closure, vegetation removal, wildlife mitigation, and culvert design, by bringing the work into Stage 1 of the existing Scape Contract.
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Purpose
To Commission work to the value
of £254,000 to do advance works in preparation for the award
of the MEB construction contract.
These works will be done by
bringing this work into Stage 1 of the Scape Contract – being
already within the scope of the Stage 2 element.
These works are to be
undertaken in advance of letting of the MEB contract anticipated in
January 2026.
The works include:
• Statutory Undertakers
Works at Pochin Way, Cledford Lane and Booth Lane.
• Construction of a new
pond on CEC land
• Closure of existing pond
on Kettley Land
• Removal of trees, hedge
and previously removed vegetation that has grown back
• Installation of
kingfisher tunnels and removal of nesting sites
• Little ringed plover
bird mitigation measures
• Early order of design of precast culvert
units for the River Croco and Sandersons Brook
A summary of the works and
costs are provided in Appendix
Content
To Commission work to the value
of £254,000 to do advance works in preparation for the award
of the MEB construction contract.
These works will be done by
bring this work into Stage 1 of the Scape Contract – being
already within the scope of the Stage 2 element.
These works are to be
undertaken in advance of letting of the MEB contract anticipated in
January 2026.
The
works include:
• Statutory Undertakers
Works at Pochin Way, Cledford Lane and Booth Lane.
• Construction of a new
pond on CEC land
• Closure of existing pond
on Kettley Land
• Removal of trees, hedge
and previously removed vegetation that has grown back
• Installation of
kingfisher tunnels and removal of nesting sites
• Little ringed plover
bird mitigation measures
• Early order of design of precast culvert
units for the River Croco and Sandersons Brook
A summary of the works and
costs are provided in Appendix
Supporting Documents
Details
| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 2 Dec 2025 |
| Subject to call-in | Yes |