Purpose

The A259 Bognor Regis to
Littlehampton Corridor enhancement scheme involves improvement to
several locations along the corridor, including junction capacity,
active travel and bus priority
provisions. It was identified as a priority scheme in the Strategic
Transport Investment Programme by the County Council in 2019/20
and considered as one of the top ten priority schemes in the South
East by Transport for the South East.
 
The proposed scheme involves
improvement to a series of key junctions along the corridor,
including junction capacity, non-motorised and bus users’
infrastructure provisions and was subject to a public consultation
in summer 2021.
 
The Department for Transport
(DfT) approved the Strategic Outline Case in autumn 2021 and, in
March 2022, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport
authorised the Assistant Director (Highways, Transport and
Planning) to prepare and submit the Outline Business Case (OBC) to
the DfT.
 
Following the 2023 public
consultation, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport will be
asked to confirm the preferred scheme and to approve the capital
funding allocation for the development of the Full Business Case
for submission to the DfT.
 

Decision

The Cabinet Member for Highways and
Transport:
 

(1)    
Approves the revised package of proposals, sets out in paragraphs
2.4 to 2.6, for the A259 Bognor Regis to Littlehampton corridor
enhancement scheme for inclusion in the Outline Business Case;

 

(2)    
Approves the accelerated capital funding allocation of
£3.419m to commence development of the Full Business Case,
prior to the approval of the Outline Business Case by the DfT;
and

 

(3)    
Delegates authority to the Assistant Director for Highways,
Transport and Planning to:
 
a)  
make all necessary preparations to develop the Full Business Case
to the DfT, and to procure the construction contractors for the
scheme from the approved list of contractors on the Hampshire
County Council’s Generation 4 or 5 Frameworks; and
 
b)  
submit all necessary applications for planning permissions to the
County Council’s Planning Services for the proposed A259
Bognor Regis to Littlehampton corridor enhancement scheme as set
out in paragraphs 2.4 to 2.6.