Decision details

The Portway Park and Ride Bus Access is a £2,007,000 CRSTS project looking to make improvements at the bus junction at the Portway Park and Ride site, which was signed off at Bristol City Council Cabinet in October 2023.
Since Cabinet it has become apparent that mitigation measures will be required to offset the impact of the construction, including the addition of an extra bus to the route and the installation of a real-time information display. Both coming at an additional cost not factored into the original amount approved.
The additional cost for the extra service and information display is £232,300 which will be acquired from the CRSTS funding through a Change Request to the Combined Authority.

Note the previous approvals granted on the project at Cabinet in October 2023.
Approval to increase the financial approvals of the Portway Park and Ride Bus Access Improvements project by £232,300 to a total of £2,239,300.
Subject to the approval of the change request, notes that the Bristol City Council Project Team will take steps necessary to accept and spend the £232,300 on the additional bus service and real-time information display.

Option 1 - ‘Do nothing’ – where no further funding would be made available for the additional service and display, this would safeguard the CRSTS funding but would increase the risk of patronage decline during the works by reduced frequency and service.
Option 2 - ‘Reduce’ – This would reduce scope elsewhere to free up funding for the additional items, this would result in a loss of benefits for the scheme elsewhere.
Option 3 -‘Defer’ – Delaying this decision would increase the risk to the schedule.