Decision details

To include the channel dredge project within the Council’s approved Capital Programme, subject to the receipt of grant. The procurement of a contractor for the capital dredge of a river channel will allow larger vessels to enter the Port and extend the tidal window.

Further to Minute No. 47 of the Cabinet meeting held on 16 August 2012, the Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Built Environment on the current position relating to the Regional Growth Fund Bid for the River Mersey Dredging Project and the negotiations with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company on the legal agreement for the project.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

It was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher and

RESOLVED:            That

(1)       the report be noted; and

(2)            approval be given to the inclusion of the River Mersey Channel Dredging Project in the Capital Programme, subject to the receipt of the grant from the Regional Growth Fund.