Purpose

The
delivery of a scheme of road capacity improvements to the A582
South Ribble Western Corridor was identified in the Highways and
Transport Masterplan for Central Lancashire in 2013.  The county council is scheme promotor as Local
Transport Authority and the scheme has formed part of the original
delivery programme under the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire
City Deal since 2013.
 
This
report presents the latest updates on the scheme and seeks approval
for the submission of an outline business case to the Department
for Transport for a focussed scheme and associated funding
arrangements.
 
This
is deemed to be a Key Decision and the requirements of Standing
Order C19 have been complied with.

Content

The Cabinet approved the recommendation(s) as
set out in the report.