Purpose

In January 2023 Lancashire County Council was
awarded £49.6M from the DfT for the Levelling Up East
Lancashire programme. As part of the award LCC will receive
£4.96M in 2023/24. To release the remaining £44.6M, the
DfT have stipulated that LCC must complete a Full Business Case in
2024/25.

To assist and expedite LCC in the work required to design and
develop the full business case and the associated projects within
it, the services of Jacobs have been commissioned.

Content

Phil Green, Executive Director of Growth,
Environment and Transport approved the following commissioning
package and associated fees from Jacobs:
 
Jacobs LUF Preliminary Design Development
Commissioning Package: £1,567,676. (NB: Was originally
£1,716,984 but amended due to a reduced amount of works
required in this package of work).