2022 Report details for project: A417 Air Balloon
| Project name | A417 Air Balloon - there are 3 reports for this project: 2021, 2022, 2023 |
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| Organisation | DFT (D9) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2022 (data is from September 2021) |
| Category | Infrastructure - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | As announced in the Roads Investment Strategy 2, the scope includes: A417 Air Balloon - connecting the two dual carriageway sections of the A417 near Birdlip in Gloucestershire, taking account of both the environmental sensitivity of the site and the importance of the route to the local economy. |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber |
| DCA text: | Compared to financial year 20/21-Q4, the DCA rating at 21/22-Q4 increased from Amber/Green to Amber. In the last year the project has progressed to submission of the Development Consent Order (DCO) application which is due to conclude by November 2022. If approved this will grant the necessary powers to construct the project. Additionally, an agreement has been reached with the lead supplier which is proceeding through governance approvals. Some key project risks and issues include: (1) The project is developing in a period of economic uncertainty which has seen increased levels of inflation. (2) The Secretary of state has extended the consideration of DCO applications on several highways scheme which has increased uncertainty. The project is looking to carry out an IPA Gate 3 in Q3 FY 2022/23. The review will be in preparation for the projects readiness to commence the construction phase of the project. All actions from the previous IPA 2 Gateway have now been closed. |
| Start date | 2015-04-01 |
| End date | 2027-04-30 |
| Schedule text | Compared to 2021-Q4, your project end-date increased from 30 JUN 2025 to 30 APR 2027. This is primarily due to the following factors: As the design of the scheme has developed, further planning around how the construction works will be undertaken has been reviewed and sequenced into the overall schedule. Due to seasonaility constraints to do with ecology, the project is now forecasting an extended time to complete the works on site. |
| Baseline | £17.94m |
| Forecast | £15.74m |
| Variance | -11.00% |
| Variance text: | There has been a 12% reduction of in year spend due to a delay in onboarding a contractor. This has now been reprofiled to be spent in FY 22/23. |
| Whole Life Cost | £0.00m |
| WLCost text: | Exempt under Section 43 of the FOI Act 2000 (Commercial Interests) - Commercial interests. |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2022.csv |
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