A1 Dualling business case
Case reference EIR2024/00224
Received 10 June 2024
Published 10 September 2024
Request
Response
Outline Business Case
This information has been withheld under exception in Regulation 12(4)(d) - Material in the course of completion, unfinished documents, and incomplete data of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 because at this time the Outline Business Case (OBC) is material in the course of completion and therefore an unfinished document. We are actively working on the OBC, revising and updating it with new information where appropriate, to reflect changes in the scope and cost of the scheme since 2021, including further environmental mitigation required in the recently-issued Development Consent Order. Releasing the outdated information at this point will present a misleading and incomplete picture of the scheme and the impact it will have.
In applying this exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the public interest in disclosure. The key public interest factors for and against disclosure are attached.
Information not held
Full Business Case
I have established that the information you have requested is not held by National Highways. It therefore falls under Regulation 12(4)(a) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Advice and Assistance
This project is currently in Stage 4. Following the Secretary of State's decision on the Development Consent Order, the project will soon move to Stage 5. Work on producing the Full Business Case will not commence until towards the end of Stage 5, currently expected to be in late 2026/27. However, this is dependent on the profile of funding for the next Roads Investment Strategy (RIS), which has been delayed due to the calling of the recent general election, so this date may change. You are welcome to make a request for the Full Business Case at a later date.
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