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Capital Projects

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NWIEP

NWIEP held two competitive Dragon Factor style events in order to allocate capital funding to projects within the North West region. The first Dragon Factor event took place in Wigan on Wednesday February 10th and the second on Tuesday April 27th. Cumbria was succesful on both occassions as the Collaborate Cumbria bid was awarded funding following the first session and the Active Travel bid was awarded funding following the second session.

Collaborate Cumbria (NWIEP funded)

The Collaborate Cumbria Project is lead by Cumbria County Council and has received funding directly from NWIEP for just over £453k, which was agreed in February 2010. The project aims to focus on improving and extending IT infrastructure to support increased flexible and collaborative working, in both the individual partnership organisations and collectively across the sub region.

Update on progress November - January 2011 (20.01.2011);

The project is running to cost. The video conferencing units have been installed in Q3 as planned. However, the installation of the wireless units has been marginally delayed and will be completed by the 31st February.  

The availability of resources from the network supplier (CLEO) may postpone the library wireless end points to Q4. However, it is not anticipated that the overall project end date will be affected.

If you have any further queries regarding the Collaborate Cumbria Project please contact Stephen Salmon on the following email address: stephen.salmon@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Please find below the links to the delivery plan and the latest highlight report;

Active Travel (NWIEP funded)

The Active Travel project is lead by Cumbria County Council and received £180k capital and £10k revenue funding from NWIEP in April 2010 to focus on renewing public rights of way and establishing community active travel programmes in West Cumbria, following the damage caused by severe flooding in November 2009.

Update on progress November - January 2011 (20.01.2011);

  • The active travel community programme  has started 6 months later than planned due to one of the partners (NHS Cumbria) being unable to lead or help fund the programme (see section 5; escalated issues). A revised programme of activity has therefore been developed and is being led by two of the partners: 
  • The active travel to school (ACTS) programme  is on track and has been working with two prominent education establishments within the Derwent corridor: Southfield College of technology and Cockermouth School. 
  • The PROW infrastructure recovery programme  is on track delivering a broad programme of PROW infrastructure projects along the Derwent corridor. The programme includes major bridge replacements (e.g. Navvies bridge, Workington), as well as numerous small scale repairs and renewals to footbridges, gates, signing and path surfaces. Progress includes:  

-          Recommendation of appointment of contractor to Cabinet agreed. Contractor appointment now scheduled Jan 2011. Land Drainage Consent application made. Design of bridge completed by contractor. Superstructure ordered. Work to commence on site Feb 2011 with a target completion date of late June 2011. A 2 month slippage has arisen due to unplanned protracted landowner negotiations.

-          Other works – works surveyed, specified and commissioned out to local small contractors. Statutory consent processes concluded. Works programmed for completion (as part of NWIEP funding) by end Feb 2011.

If you have any queries regarding the Active Travel Project please contact Andrew Coleman on the following email address: andrew.coleman@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Please find below links to the Active Travel delivery plan and the latest highlight report;

CIEP

CIEP's funding allocation from NWIEP for 2010-11 is £503k. Of that NWIEP have directed all NW sub regions and commissions to use 10% of their allocation on a capital project. This means that £50.3k will be spent on the Cumbria Private Sector Housing Condition Survey.

The Cumbria Private Sector Housing Condition Survey (CIEP funded)

Update on progress November - January 2010 (20.01.2011);

Progress with the tendering stage of this project is still on course.

13 companies submitted a PQQ (Pre-Qualification Questionnaire). All of which passed the background criteria relating to Insurance, Financial Standing, H&S, equality & diversity.

Consideration of the companies’ technical capacity is being assessed independently by ourselves and our Consultant at the BRE (Building Research Establishment), with a view to short listing 5 or 6 companies who will be invited to submit a full tender for the fieldwork.