1.      To note that this project is dependent on the submission and approval by Department for Transport (DfT) of the Full Transport Business Case, which in terms of the Economic Case is reliant on the agreed tendered price.

2.      Subject to securing grant funding from the DfT, the award of a contract to deliver the A421 Dualling Scheme be approved.

3.      That the Director of Community Services, in consultation with the Executive Member for Community Services, be authorised to take the steps necessary to deliver the scheme.