Issue - decisions
Market Street Public Realm Project
10/01/2024 - Direct award of contract for the supply of furniture, planters and plants for Market Street public realm improvements
To commission Meristem Design to design and supply steel planters, benches and plants up to the value of £35,000 for Market Street public realm improvements, delivered under an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) (subject to Oxfordshire County Council approval in March 2024). This commission is grant funded via the government’s Shared Prosperity Fund.
10/07/2023 - Appointment of Urban Movement to provide services for the Market Street temporary part-pedestrianisation project (part of the Covered Market regeneration project)
To commission Urban Movement to undertake work for the temporary part-pedestrianisation of Market Street in Oxford. Services will include stakeholder engagement, pre-trial monitoring, transport reports, detailed design, managing delivery and post-trial monitoring / reporting.
Urban Movement will appoint sub-contractors to deliver relevant specialist services as required such as architects, civil engineers, horticulturalists, and lighting designers.
The commission value is estimated at £50,000 and will be paid from the Covered Market capital budget of £6.87M, as approved by Cabinet on 8 February 2023: ‘Implementing The Covered Market Masterplan’.