2023 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 | 2023 (data is from September 2022) |
| 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) | Green |
| DCA text: | Compared to financial year 21/22-Q4, Senior Responsible Owner's DCA rating at 22/23-Q4 increased from Amber to Green. This is primarily due to the following factors.An Independent Assurance Review (IAR) 3B was undertaken in October 2022 with a Green outcome. Project received 5 recommendations of which 2 were recommendations and 3 were essential. An action plan was put in place and all recommendations have been completed |
| Start date | 2015-04-01 |
| End date | 2027-08-31 |
| Schedule text | Compared to financial year 21/22-Q4, the project's end-date at 22/23-Q4 increased from 2027-04-30 to 2027-08-31. This is primarily due to the following factors.Compared to financial year 21/22-Q4, the project's end-date at 22/23-Q4 increased from 2027-04-30 to 2027-08-31. This is primarily due to the following factors. Start of Works (SoW) was achieved on 17 February 2023, one month ahead of the DfT approved forecasted date, and seven months ahead of National Highways Delivery Plan commitment date. Project is still on target to achieve commitment dates |
| Baseline | £33.40m |
| Forecast | £30.50m |
| Variance | -9.00% |
| Variance text: | The baseline for 22/23 was set in the 21/22 FY, prior to appointment of the Delivery Integrated Partner at a point where the preliminary design was still being improved. As the project mobilised the Regional Delivery Partnership contract, we acquired more certainty over work packages through the year. National Highways also changed the supplier for its project controls function (the contract) and the contractual rates differed from the assumptions made when the baseline was set. |
| Whole Life Cost | £482.00m |
| WLCost text: | The project's departmental-agree Whole Life Cost at 22/23-Q4 is 482m. This is primarily due to the following factors. The project is forecasting within the approved budget |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2023.csv |
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