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ONE FRONT DOOR

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW 2018-19

Information correct as at 31 March 2019

Three funds:

OFD PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

Fund Amount Period Additional Information Local Growth Fund, LGF £202.1m 2015/16 - 2020/21 Government targets - 9,000 jobs and £200m of match funding Annual reviews with Government Economic Development Fund, EDF £500m 2014/15 - 2038/39 Derived from business rate growth in Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone and 5 Enterprise Areas Revolving Infrastructure Fund, RIF £56.7m (revolving) 2013/14 - Fund to deliver infrastructure required to generate economic

• r housing growth

Target 5,100 jobs

LOCAL GROWTH FUND

TRANSPORT PROJECTS

5 completed projects:

• A39/A368 Marksbury Junction (Bences Garage)
• Aztec West
• Bromley Heath Viaduct
• Sustainable Transport Project 15/16
• Sustainable Transport Project 16/17

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LOCAL GROWTH FUND - TRANSPORT

• £0.700 of LGF as part of a £0.890m project
• Operational Nov 2018 & Completed April 2019
• Aim to improve journey times, reducing delays

and congestion through network improvements and driving growth in Keynsham, Bath & Somer Valley . Works include:

• An additional road lane
• New signal equipment
• A new pedestrian refuge
• New footpath

A39/A368 MARKSBURY JUNCTION (BENCES GARAGE)

• £2.1m of LGF as part of a £4.06m project
• Works completed June 2018
• A driver of productivity the project aims

to improve highway capacity , road safety and sustainable travel/access to and from Aztec West businesses and residents Works include:

• Widening of A38 approach to the

roundabout from the North (M5 Jct 16)

• Construction of pedestrian and cyclist

crossing facilities

AZTEC WEST

Also funded with EDF - £0.072m & RIF - £1.889m

• £2.8m of LGF as part of a £11m project
• Works completed August 2018
• Major strengthening and maintenance works and width

extension to shared use pathways

• Project aim was to reduce the economic cost of the

works on businesses and commuters (achieved £9m cost reduction) and reduce the green house gas emissions by 800 tonnes. Works include:

• 100m long, 2.5m wide cycle/footway
• Replacement of 100m long parapet and vehicle restraint

barrier

• Structural work allowing 100 tonne loads to use the road

BROMLEY HEATH VIADUCT

• £2.9m of LGF as part of £9.4m project
• Project completed December 2016
• A place and infrastructure focussed project aimed at alleviating congestion and other transport pressures on growth

by delivering West of England wide improvement works to encourage walking, cycling and sustainable transport

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT PACKAGE 15/16

Council Outputs A new toucan crossing over the A4 dual carriageway east of the Globe Roundabout Installation of 1.1km of shared use path through Green Park 2km of shared use path in Avonmouth Construction of 65m shared use path between Cabot Circus to Bath Railway Path 140m shared use path between cycle route on Lamb Street / Lawfords Gate towards Cabot Circus and key strategic routes of the Concorde Way and the Frome Greenway 300m section of shared use path from Ebdon Road to St Marks Road A371 Locking Road 0.97km of shared use path 3 new bus shelters and raised kerbs at Aztec West 300m of cycle path constructed & 1km of cycle path improved (Yate Spur) 1.5km of A4174 shared use path improved by provision of street lighting Cycle parking facilities at schools & improved routes to 2 schools in Thornbury

• £3.719m of LGF as part of £4.802m project
• Project completed October 2018
• Focussed in the T

emple Quarter Enterprise Zone the project seeks to support growth in the Enterprise Areas, improve connectivity to areas and support transitions to low carbon lifestyles

• The transport initiative includes new and improved routes and facilities

for walking and cycling and public transport improvements such as dedicated bus lanes

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT PACKAGE 16/17

10 further projects are approved or in delivery:

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LOCAL GROWTH FUND - TRANSPORT

Scheme Status Funding Amount £m A4018 Corridor Improvements Conditionally Approved £1.625 Keynsham Town Centre Improvements Conditionally Approved – FBC to June Committee £1.500 MetroWest Phase 1 (Also EDF funded) Conditionally Approved £10.547 (Development) £16.774 (Implementation) MetroWest Phase 2 (Also EDF funded) Conditionally Approved – FBC June Committee £3.200 Portway Conditionally Approved £0.553 South Gloucestershire STP Conditionally Approved £2.795 Sustainable Transport Package 17/18 Approved & Delivering £4.590 West Wick Roundabout & North South Link Approved & Delivering £11.311 W-s-M Sustainable Travel Improvements Conditionally Approved £1.750 W-s-M Town Centre Transport Enhancements Approved & Delivering £1.500

LOCAL GROWTH FUND

SKILLS PROJECTS

5 completed projects:

• Advanced Engineering Centre Extension
• B&NES Construction Skills Centre
• North Somerset Enterprise T

echnical Centre

• Weston College – Future T

echnology Centre

• Weston College – Law & Professional Services Academy

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LOCAL GROWTH FUND - SKILLS

• £4.003m of LGF funding, 100% of the project cost
• Completed/opened October 2017
• A project within the skills arena that supports an

employer led strategy for advanced engineering in North Bristol / South Gloucestershire As of May 2018

• 1,372 learners were enrolled, an increase of 12%
• n the 2015 baseline figure of 1,211
• Delivering apprenticeships from level 2 to level 6
• Working with 143 different engineering employers

including Micro, SME and large organisations

ADVANCED ENGINEERING CENTRE

• £2.731m of LGF funding as part of a £3.992m project
• Completed and opened September 2017
• A skills project that supports the skills and training

needs of a number of national and local developers by

• ffering training in the construction trades of Brickwork,

Carpentry , Electrical, Plumbing, Stonemasonry etc

• Creation of a 2,885m2 specialist construction skills centre

with refurbishment of 144m2 As of Sept 2017:

• T

arget of 347 additional learners exceeded with total of 567

• Operation costs reduced by £163k p.a.

B&NES CONSTRUCTION SKILLS CENTRE

• £2.177m of LGF as part of £26.9m project
• Project completed Dec 2016
• A skills based project to provide North

Somerset with a Centre of Excellence for STEM training in priority sectors of Science, T echnology , Engineering and Maths

• Purpose built 6,100m2 building ‘hub’ for

NSETC a STEM focused Free School At April 2018

• 43 FTE jobs
• 280 secondary /FE places ages 14- 16
• 41% increase in STEM students from 2014 -17

NORTH SOMERSET ENTERPRISE TECHNICAL CENTRE

Also funded with EDF - £1.5m

• £2.7m LGF as part of a £4.2m project
• Operational from August 2016
• A skills project aimed at addressing the skills

shortage in the creative and digital, advance and civil engineering, automated manufacturing and low carbon industry sectors At Sept 2017

• 1,109 learners - 25% more than projected
• Employer contracts secured for 47

apprentices with companies such as GKN, Wessex Water , Atkins

FUTURE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE (WESTON COLLEGE)

• £19.4m of LGF as part of a £30.5m project
• First Academy building (hotel refurbishment)

completed March 2016 with work on the Winter Gardens finished in July 2017

• A skills project delivering industry recognised

vocational routes into professional services employment in conjunction with employers to address the skills gaps At Sept 2017

• A 7332m2 ‘Centre of Excellence’ for the

region

• 1,249 learners – 33% more than in 2015/16
• Only provider in West of England to deliver a

degree apprenticeship in BSc Digital and T echnological Solutions

LAW & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ACADEMY (WESTON COLLEGE)

5 further projects are approved or in delivery:

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LOCAL GROWTH FUND - SKILLS

Scheme Status Funding Amount £m BEMA Training Centre – Increasing Capacity Approved & Delivering £0.075 South Bristol Construction Centre Approved & Delivering £2.732 Bath College – Catering & Hospitality Training Hub Conditionally Approved £2.099 Weston College – Construction Skills Centre Approved & Delivering £3.271 Weston College – Health & Active Lifestyles Approved & Delivering £5.359

LOCAL GROWTH FUND

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

4 completed projects:

• Aerospace Bristol
• Bath Quays North Phase 1b Relocation of Coach Park
• Bristol & Bath Destinations Media Bank
• Saw Close Public Realm - Bath

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LOCAL GROWTH FUND - INFRASTRUCTRE

• £1.7m of LGF as part of a £17m project
• Opened October 2017
• Supporting the engineering and aerospace priority sector

by advancing learning, skills & training in science, technology , engineering & design

• Development of 3.7ha of neglected site & restoration
• f listed buildings
• 3,000m2 of new exhibition gallery spaces; three

learning suites; new visitor centre with retail and catering facilities

• New building of 3,200m2 to house Concorde, conference spaces; 150 seat lecture

theatre By March 2018

• 70,000 visitors - 180,000 visitors forecast against 120,000 target in first year
• 3,478 school children visits, 100% very good/excellent rating

AEROSPACE BRISTOL

• £1.489m project fully funded from LGF
• Operational from November 2018
• Re-location of the coach park to allow

for the Bath Quays North site to be taken forward for development, enabling office space, housing & retail Project deliverables:

• 29 Bay Coach Park
• Delivered £320k under budget

BATH QUAYS NORTH PHASE 1B

• £0.174m project fully funded from LGF
• Operational from January 2019
• A key infrastructural asset for the

Cultural sector - a Media Bank to support the work of the Bristol & Bath Cultural Destinations Project. Project deliverables:

• 1,953 clips deposited; examples of use

can be seen mediabankonline.com

• 4 events held with 55 organisations to

inform the project

BRISTOL & BATH DESTINATIONS MEDIA BANK

• £0.112m of LGF as part of £2.15m project
• Operational from May 2018
• A public realm focussed project providing

a shared space scheme to encourage pedestrian footfall and control vehicle loading and through-traffic vehicle speed As of Summer 2018:

• 94 FTE jobs created
• Increased footfall – a day count totalled

16,042 (+1,070)

• Delivered £300k under budget

SAW CLOSE PUBLIC REALM - BATH

Also funded with RIF - £0.963m

9 further projects are approved or in delivery:

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LOCAL GROWTH FUND - INFRASTRUCTURE

Scheme Status Funding Amount £m Bath Quays Bridge Approved & Delivering £1.896 Bath Quays South Phase 1a Enabling Infrastructure Approved & Delivering £8.795 Bath Quays North Initial Development Works (Also EDF funded) Conditionally Approved £6.954 Bristol and Bath Science Park Approved & Delivering £5.765 Cattle Market Road Demolition Approved & Delivering £0.875 Colston Hall Phase 2 Transformation Project Approved & Delivering £5.000 Superfast Broadband South Gloucestershire Council Approved & Delivering £1.310 Superfast Broadband Connecting Devon & Somerset Conditionally Approved £0.400 W-s-M Town Square Approved & Delivering £2.979

LOCAL GROWTH FUND

INNOVATION PROJECTS

3 completed projects:

• Bristol Institute of T

echnology , BRL & UEZ

• Health T

echnology Hub

• NTProStruct at NCC

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LOCAL GROWTH FUND - INNOVATION

• £4.5m of LGF as part of £22.8m project
• Project completed December 2016
• A high-tech sector based project to provide start-up

and grow-on space for technology & knowledge based businesses

• 4,131m2 of refurbished flexible mix of high quality

laboratory and office space - Future Space

• 4,148m2 of space refurbished – new BRL
• 17 companies with 79 employees taken premises in

the UEZ at March 2018

BRISTOL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - BRL & UEZ

• £1.330m of LGF as part of £5.489m project
• Project completed February 2018
• Provision of a research and innovation centre for the

advancement of Independent Living and Citizen- Centric Health, focussed on business support and business/academic/healthcare interactions

• Refurbished 900m2 facility on the UWE, Frenchay

Campus As of June 2018

• Support to 18 business (target of 96 up to 2020)
• 8 new collaborations between businesses and HEIs
• 6 new jobs in the new facility

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY HUB

• £3.858m of LGF as part of £8.03m project
• Project completed December 2018
• Equipment purchase with the aim of developing

advanced manufacturing technologies for major components used in aerospace, automotive and other sectors As of May 2019

• 3 pieces of equipment have been purchased
• An additional 81 jobs (FTEs) have been created at NCC with

20 related specifically to the NTProStruct investment

• 50 jobs have also been safeguarded

NTPROSTRUCT AT NCC

7 further projects are approved or in delivery:

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LOCAL GROWTH FUND - INNOVATION

Scheme Status Funding Amount £m Bristol VR Lab Approved & Delivering £0.295 Composite Bridge Construction Approved & Delivering £5.050 FoodWorks Innovation Centre Approved & Delivering £11.844 Grow-On2 Temporary Buildings Conditionally Approved £1.004 Institute of Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems Approved & Delivering £10.000 Open Programmable City Region – Sensory Factory, CAV & KWMC Approved & Delivering £3.340 Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre, QTIC Conditionally Approved £14.974

ECONOMIC DEVELPOMENT FUND

10 projects are approved or in delivery:

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND

Scheme Status Funding Amount £m Avoncrest & Hutton Moor Regeneration Conditionally Approved £15.000 Avonmouth Severnside Approved & Delivering £65.800 Bath Riverside Enterprise Zone Team Approved & Delivering £0.685 Bath Quays North Initial Development Works (Also LGF funded) Conditionally Approved £23.879 Engine Shed Conditionally Approved £4.000 Invest in Bristol and Bath Approved & Delivering £5.000 MetroBus Extension to Cribbs Causeway Conditionally Approved £35.000 MetroWest Phase 1 (Also LGF funded) Conditionally Approved £26.079 MetroWest Phase 2 (Also LGF funded) Conditionally Approved £39.900 Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone Programme Team Approved & Delivering £2.500

REVOLVING INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

• The fund is used to front end the infrastructure required

to enable development

• All funds are required to be repaid in order to keep the

fund revolving

• The initial programme commenced in 2013/14 and most of

those schemes are now completed and repaying allowing RIF allocations to be made to new projects

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REVOLVING INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

• £1.500m RIF scheme re-paid by EDF
• Scheme completed
• Increase road capacity to tackle congestion and

reduce journey times, with improved facilities for pedestrians & cyclists Scheme included:

• Widening to create an extra traffic lane
• 1.5m cycle lane
• Enhanced shared use path

WIDENING WORKS - A38 / GLOUCESTER ROAD NORTH / A4174

• £6.100m of RIF as part of £7.220m project
• Project completed July 2018
• Essential flood mitigation and defence works to

the north and south banks of the river between Churchill and Midland Bridge The interventions will:

• Reduce existing and future flood risk to the

Lower Bristol Road and 60 properties on the South side of the river

• Enable the redevelopment of the Bath Quays

and Manvers Street sites and deliver new jobs and homes

BATH QUAYS WATERSIDE

• £1.8m RIF funding
• Works were completed August 2016
• Works are part of the regeneration of Bath

City Riverside

• The replacement Destructor Bridge is

designed to accommodate cycles, pedestrians and motor vehicles

BATH WESTERN RIVERSIDE DESTRUCTOR BRIDGE RENEWAL

• £0.540m RIF funding
• Works were completed Autumn 2017
• The scheme seeks to unlock growth and

development in the town and commenced with the development of a new hotel and pub followed by a new retail and leisure development which included restaurants and a cinema

• Delivering 250 jobs and 180 new homes

DOLPHIN SQUARE

• £2.868m of RIF as part of £233m project
• Project completed December 2014
• Enabling works to allow for the regeneration of

Bath Riverside as well as allowing enabling works to come forward in Bath’s Enterprise Area

GAS HOLDERS DECOMMISSIONING (BATH WESTERN RIVERSIDE)

• £6.2m RIF scheme
• Works completed May 2015
• A new sustainable workplace located in

Knowle West, South Bristol

• RIF funding helped deliver 3,700m2 of

new workspace for use by small and medium sized businesses

FILWOOD GREEN BUSINESS PARK

• £0.750m RIF funding as part of a £2.5m

project

• Works were completed in 2015
• Gainsborough Square is a local centre

for people living in Lockleaze, providing shops, a park and other facilities with the RIF funding providing improvements to the public realm and highways at Gainsborough Square including the green space, streets, pathways and play area

GAINSBOROUGH SQUARE, LOCKLEAZE BRISTOL

• £3.85m RIF scheme
• Completed Spring 2014
• A transport project with a driver of improving

productivity and growth by improving access to and from the motorway to the benefit of new and existing businesses

• The scheme compliments the wider major scheme

works to Junction 21 at Weston-super-Mare

M5 J21 OUTBOUND CAPACITY SCHEME

• £8.5m RIF funding
• Works were completed March 2016
• A strategic flood scheme to deliver flood

mitigation with a ‘superpond’ in central Weston Super Mare and works to the River Banwell

STRATEGIC FLOOD RELIEF, WESTON-SUPER-MARE

6 projects are approved or in delivery:

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REVOLVING INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

Scheme Status Funding Amount £m Creative Working Hub Approved & Delivering £0.459 J21 Northbound Merge Improvement Conditionally Approved £0.450 J21 Queensway Improvement Conditionally Approved £2.090 Somer Valley EZ – Commercial Delivery Framework Approved & Delivering £0.080 South Bristol SUD Approved & Delivering £0.050 Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone Infrastructure Programme Approved & Delivering £20.850