On Mar 3, 7:49 pm, "burkey" wrote:
CROXLEY RAIL LINK - POSITION UPDATE - February 2007

Croxley Rail Link continues to be progressed by Hertfordshire County
Council and remains one of the Council's identified Major Schemes
within the Local Transport Plan 2006/7 - 2010/11, for which it is
seeking grant funding from DfT.

HCC are currently working with consultants toward a re-submission to
the Department of Transport to seek 'Programme Entry' status for the
project.

Given recent alterations in the 'rules' regarding funding bid
submissions for Major Schemes, such as Croxley Rail Link, the
resubmission work is more than a simple 'update' of previously
calculated costs and benefits.

Some of the areas that need to be covered include-
- Updating the forecasting models to include all new development
completed & proposed in the area, as well as other external
influences on the project. This means taking account of many issues,
such as

All recent development in the area (e.g. the old 'Sun Printers' site,
which is now complete and occupied)
Watford Health Campus proposals
TfL proposals for Bakerloo Line extension

- Updating the latest cost estimates, from last year, to take account
of recent and predicted inflationary influences on construction cost
process, such as the 2012 Olympics
- Reviewing the project against Central Government objectives - (for
example, issues such as carbon emissions have become part on any
appraisal for projects recently and were not included in as much
detail in previous submissions).

This work has already commenced with a view to the submission being
made by June 2007.

The DfT will then make a decision as to if the scheme can be granted
'Programme Entry' status - that is, does the project meet the
following criteria:

Value for money
Affordable within the available budget, with a likely start within
the next three years
Deliverable by the authority to time and budget

A possible timetable for the Project from that point forward is as
follows:

Summer 2007 Programme Entry Granted
TWA Application Summer 2008
TWA Inquiry Autumn 2008
SoS Decision Spring 2009
Start On Site Spring 2011
Scheme Opening Late 2012 / early 2013

Richard Boutal
Major Projects for Hertfordshire County Council February
2007
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John Burke
WRUG

This consultancy mullarky really is money for old rope. I'm not
holding my breath on this one.

Kevin