2022 Report details for project: A66 Northern Trans-Pennine
| Project name | A66 Northern Trans-Pennine - 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: | Dualling of the remaining single-carriageway sections on the A66 between M6 J40 Penrith and A1M Scotch Corner, creating a continuous dual carriageway across the Pennines. |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber |
| DCA text: | Compared to financial year 20/21-Q4, the IPA's DCA rating at 21/22-Q4 increased from Green to Amber. Compared to financial year 20/21-Q4, National Highways project team rating at 21/22-Q4 has moved from Green to Amber, which aligns to IPA's assessment. The project is moving at pace and has undertaken extensive statutory consultation. There is general support for the scheme and the overall sentiment is positive at a local, regional and national level. The Decision Consent Order (DCO) submission is in its final stages of preparation; it is undergoing assurance through Legal and DCO Readiness Reviews, with actions identified being progressed to make it robust and ready for acceptance. Despite a DCO submission and scheme that adheres to policy, and responds to stakeholder feedback, there is a risk of challenge to the DCO. |
| Start date | 2017-07-05 |
| End date | 2030-03-31 |
| Schedule text | Compared to 2021-Q4, your project end-date remained scheduled to finish on 31 MAR 2030 This is primarily due to the following factors: The committed milestones of Start of Work (SoW) (Q4 23/24) and forecast Open for Traffic (OfT) (Q4 28/29) are still on target. Statutory Consultation milestone has been met on the 24th of September 21 and ended 6th November 2021. Non-statutory targeted engagement has been undertaken in February and March 2022 and DCO is on target for submission in May 2022. The Amber assessment accounts for the fact that some float has been used by moving the DCO submission from February 22 to May 22 (although SoW and OfT dates remain the same). However, the risk of challenge or non-acceptance to DCO will impact on programme and put the committed milestones of SoW and OfT at risk. |
| Baseline | £27.17m |
| Forecast | £42.30m |
| Variance | 56.00% |
| Variance text: | Opportunity has been taken to bring forward work from future Project Control Framework (PCF) stages to de-risk the accelerated Start of Work date and inform the preliminary design taken to DCO. This enable a more robust design to be presented. This work includes:- - More detailed and extensive archaeological surveys - More detailed and extensive ground investigation work - Full topographically survey - Engagement with the Design and Build Contractors (DIPs) via early orders to set strategies and enable detailed planning of the construction phase. Work has also been undertaken to ensure an Affordable, Buildable, Consentable and Defendable design is presented at DCO. This has involved some re-optioneering work to mitigate some of the emerging risks. Lands spend has been brought forward as more blight claims have been processed in year than originally anticipated and as a result of the work noted above there has been additional spend associated with compensation payments for land access for surveys. |
| Whole Life Cost | £1,140.00m |
| WLCost text: | Compared to 2021-Q4, the projects Baseline Whole Life Cost decreased from 1289.40 (£m) to 1140.22 (£m). This is primarily due to the following factors: The whole life cost (£1,140m) is based on the stage 2 assured estimate which is yet to reflect the impact of statutory consultation. This value is below the value agreed at the time of acceleration £1,289m (December 2020) and is informed by a more mature design position that reflects the refreshed Outline business Case (OBC) approved in Summer 21. Given that the project is still in the process of finalising design following statutory consultation, a cost trigger point based on £1,140m+ 10% tolerance has been noted at IPDC in Summer 2021, at £1,254m. A final stage 3 estimate is due to inform the 22/23 Q1 report. |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2022.csv |
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