Crewe Green Roundabout A public liaison officer has now been appointed and newsletters are being circulated to local residents and stakeholders. The project is on time with phase 1 completing this month. Warrington Centre Park Link Good progress is now being made on the project with the land needed from Peel now acquired. Discussions with other land owners ongoing in parallel with the CPO process. WBC are still hoping that land negotiations can conclude by agreement, enabling them to start construction in July/August this year and complete in early 2020. Network Rail have agreed to transfer the bridge to WBC for free and with a contribution of towards the future maintenance costs. Despite the badger sets being closed last year there has been some activity so the sets will need to be closed again in July after the badger breeding season has passed. Warrington West Station The project continues to have some issues with getting the necessary approvals and blockades from Network rail but progress is being made on preparing the ground conditions for the car park and station building. M62 j8 The project has slipped a week due to the bad weather in March but is expected to complete over the next few weeks. A small event will be arranged to celebrate the completion of the project and give an opportunity for the funding contributions to be recognised. Reaseheath College projects The initial Phase of the learning Hub project is completed and handed over. The Employer Hub project overall is running with a delay of 6 weeks– some design changes to the frame and fire protection were required and original glass wall contractor went bankrupt. It is expected to be complete by the end of April. Work on the sports hall is going well, with just one week lost due to bad weather. The Agri Tech Centre is going really well and on programme and halls of accommodation blocks are going well with the roofs expected to be added to many this month. Ellesmere Port Central Development Zone Outline business case has been completed and is being independently appraised.
Crewe Green Roundabout A public liaison officer has now been appointed and newsletters are being circulated to local residents and stakeholders. The project is on time with phase 1 completing this month. Warrington Centre Park Link Good progress is now being made on the project with the land needed from Peel now acquired. Discussions with other land owners ongoing in parallel with the CPO process. WBC are still hoping that land negotiations can conclude by agreement, enabling them to start construction in July/August this year and complete in early 2020. Network Rail have agreed to transfer the bridge to WBC for free and with a contribution of towards the future maintenance costs. Despite the badger sets being closed last year there has been some activity so the sets will need to be closed again in July after the badger breeding season has passed. Warrington West Station The project continues to have some issues with getting the necessary approvals and blockades from Network rail but progress is being made on preparing the ground conditions for the car park and station building. M62 j8 The project has slipped a week due to the bad weather in March but is expected to complete over the next few weeks. A small event will be arranged to celebrate the completion of the project and give an opportunity for the funding contributions to be recognised. Reaseheath College projects The initial Phase of the learning Hub project is completed and handed over. The Employer Hub project overall is running with a delay of 6 weeks– some design changes to the frame and fire protection were required and original glass wall contractor went bankrupt. It is expected to be complete by the end of April. Work on the sports hall is going well, with just one week lost due to bad weather. The Agri Tech Centre is going really well and on programme and halls of accommodation blocks are going well with the roofs expected to be added to many this month. Ellesmere Port Central Development Zone Outline business case has been completed and is being independently appraised.