Decision details

Ipswich Borough Council is funding the permanent highway widening to Chantry Park, London Road entrance. The entrance was temporarily widened to allow large vehicle access for concerts. The road and footways are now required to be installed to Suffolk Highways’ specifications to ensure access to and from Chantry Park is safe for road users and pedestrians. The improved access will be permanent allowing safe access for future events.

For speed of delivery and efficiency a decision has been made to instruct Suffolk County Council in its capacity as Highways Authority to carry out works on the highway infrastructure, for which Suffolk County Council has agreed subject to the recharge to IBC of the costs to complete the widening access works to Chantry Park for reason of safety.

Suffolk County Council will use its construction framework as Highways Authority (in line with PCR Regulations) to procure the works. This project will be funded from existing Capital Budgets.

To instruct Suffolk Highways to undertake permanent Highway improvement works as Highway Authority using SCC construction framework (in line with PCR Regs).

Reason:

To enable the permanent highway access widening to be completed for highway safety.