The Project: A crucial new strategic link road in the city, unlocking valuable employment land and allowing much-needed alleviation of congestion, including:
- A new viaduct over the West Coast Mainline
- Two bridge crossings over the Trent and Mersey Canal
- New junction on the A500 trunk road
- Primary infrastructure through a major employment site
Client: Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Services Provided:
- Project management
- Production of business case
- Liaison with key funders
- Management of planning application
- Land acquistion
- Design team management
- Contractor procurement
- Complex stakeholder management
Key Achievements:
- Multiple funding agreements secured
- Planning application successfully determined
- Project Board established with multiple stakeholders
- Contractor engaged through SCAPE framework
Project Solutions:
- Close working relationship with a developer and two local authorities
- Establishment of a Project Director role responsible for the delivery of the overall scheme
- Liaison and Negotiation with Key Funders, Landowners and Stakeholders
- Development of a Transport Business Case for the Project which secures around £27 million from the Department for Transport
