Purpose

The A259 Bognor Regis to
Littlehampton Corridor enhancement scheme involves improvement to a
series of key junctions 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 Outline Business Case (or
funding bid) for the scheme was submitted to the Department for
Transport in autumn 2023 and approval is awaited. In the meantime,
capital funding is required to continue the development of the Full
Business Case.
 
A competitive tender exercise
has been undertaken for the engineering design and
planning support contracts from the approved list of
contractors on the Hampshire County Council’s Generation 5
Frameworks.

Decision

The Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport
has approved –
 
(1)        
the temporary change of funding source (2024/25 financial year
only) to enable the continued development of the Full Business Case
whilst approval from the Department for Transport is awaited;
and
 
(2)        
the award of Stage 1 (design development and planning support)
contract/s to Knights Brown Construction Limited for the sum of
£94,200.53, as set out in section 2 of the report.