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Cabinet Member: Highway Construction and Repair

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/119 

Key Decision 

Contact: Yousuf Javed, Senior Project Manager – HIF2 Programme (Yousuf.Javed@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDHCR4). 

A proposal to approve the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF2) – A40 Eynsham to Wolvercote construction contract.

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Delegate authority to the Director of Environment and Highways in consultation with the Head of Legal and Governance Services (Deputy Monitoring officer) to:

i)               Subject to finalising the scope, target cost, and programme for Stage 1 as well as the Option X22 Budget and Pricing Information, to approve the award of the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract, for an estimated total value of £70m, for the A40 Eynsham Park and Ride to Wolvercote scheme to Balfour Beatty Group Limited under the Scape Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Framework (Lot 2); and

ii)             Subject to finalising the scope, target cost and programme for Stage 2, approve the issuing of a Notice to Proceed under the Contract to commence the main construction works.