On September 9 2011 the West of England councils sumbmitted 'Best and Final Bids' for funding to the Department for Transport for five major transport schemes:

• The Bath Transportation Package
• The Weston Package
• The Rapid Transit Network  - Ashton Vale to Temple Meads and Bristol City Centre, North Fringe to Hengrove package and the South Bristol Link

 

These five schemes collectively produce significant benefits in terms of economic output, unlocking jobs, and in carbon reduction. They directly serve locations expected to deliver more than 60,000 new jobs by 2026.

Read all the information supplied to the Department for Transport as part of the Best and Final Bid submisison in September 2011

1. Letter accompanying bid submission
2. WoE Major Transport Programme Map
3. LEP Letter of Support
4. Strategic Business Case and BAFB forms
5. WoE Procurement Strategy Vol 1 Summary
6. WoE Procurement Strategy Vol 2
7. Rapid Transit Network Stakeholder Management Plan
8. Letters of Support

Each scheme has previously submitted a full Major Scheme Business Case and an Expression of Interest in December 2011. These can be found on the individual scheme information pages.  As a result of the Government Comprehensive Spending Review that asked all schemes to review costs some changes have been made to the schemes.

The latest information, submitted as part of the Best and Final Bid, is below.

We expect to hear back from the Department for Transport in December 2011.

The Department for Transport has provided an email  - development.pool@dft.gsi.gov.uk - for people to provide comments on the bids.  They will be running the comment period from 9 September until 14 October.  It is open to anyone who wishes to submit relevant comments on the proposals.

Bath Package	See the B&NES website for full information
Ashton Vale to Bristol City Centre Rapid Transit	Appx A AVTM Alignment plans  1 2 3 Appx B AVTM Value Engineering report Appx C ULRT Review Appx D AVTM Value for Money Summary Appx E AVTM Cost Summary Appx F BIA s106 Agreement 1 and 2 Appx G AVTM Consultation Report Appx H Risk Register Supplementary Documents
Weston Package	Appx A Value for Money Summary Appx B Procurement Strategy Appx C Procurement Programme Appx D Risk Register (QRA) Appx E Detailed Cost Estimates (not for pubication) Appx F Stakeholder Consultation Report Appx G Letters of Support Appx H Communication Strategy Appx I Evaluation Plan Appx J Risk Management Strategy Appx K Project Programme Appx L Project Assurance Appx M Scheme Drawings Supplementary Documents
North Fringe to Hengrove Package	Appx A Revised Scheme Drawings Appx B Revised Scheme Detailed Costings Appx C Value for Money Summary Appendix Appx D Evidence of third party contributions (not for publication) Appx E Risk Register Appx F Letters of Support Supplementary Documents
South Bristol Link	Appx A Report of Consultation Appx B Project Drawings - 13 of Appx C Value Engineering Report Appx D Value for Money Assessment Appx E Risk Register  Appx F Full Cost Breakdown (not for publication) Appx G Details of third party contributions Appx H Network Rail Letter Appx I Technology Review Appx J Background Modelling Reports 1-4 and 5-7 Transport Data Report Highway Local Model Validation Report Demand Model report Transport Forecasting Report Annualisation Engagement Note Treatment of Wider Impacts Engagement Note Do Minimum MSB Schemes Engagement Note Supplementary Documents SBL Letters of support

 

Modelling Documents  - some require specialist software to view