The Cabinet considered a draft Strategic Outline Business Case for a relief road between the A6 and M60 as part of a first phase of work to review the strategic case for such a road in light of contemporary evidence. A further phase of work, subject to Government approval, was needed to produce a full business case and detailed scheme prior any application for Government funding of the scheme construction costs and prior to submission of any planning application and associated public consultation.
The Cabinet then agreed that, in light of the recommendation of the Council Meeting on 30 November 2017, that approval be given to progressing to the next stage of Outline Business Case development of the A6 to M60 Relief Road as set out in Section 6 of the report, and to seek funding from the Department of Transport for this work.