Dear John,

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information.

I can confirm your request has been passed to the relevant department who will endeavour to search for any information held and provide you with a response as soon as is possible. This will be within 20 working days and in any case by the 17th February 2023.

Please note that some service areas within the City of Doncaster Council are still working on the response to Covid-19 and therefore may not be available to respond to your request at this time. Should this be the case with regard to your request, please be assured we will contact you to advise you further.

Yours sincerely
Sophie

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John Anthony

Ref No; 66979

 

Dear Mr. Anthony

 

Thank you for your request for information dated 20 January 2023 regarding
Improvements to M18 Junction 3 South bound exit slip.

 

Initially when your request was registered it was processed under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000, however it has since been determined that
your request falls under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR)
therefore we have responded under this process.

 

Please find our response to your request below.

 

Request

 

“Lee Watkinson a senior engineer confirmed that, ‘Doncaster Council in
conjunction with National Highways are looking at improvements to junction
3 of the M18. These improvements will include localised widening of the
west bound off slip and the installation of traffic signals at the top of
the slip road. The scheme is currently being designed by AECOM and once
the design has been completed, approved by National Highways and planning
consent gained a contractor will be appointed to construct the
improvements.

 

Please could you provide an update regarding these impediments and any
timeframes?”

 

Response

 

Regulation 12(4)(a)- Information is not held

A thorough search for information has been undertaken and can confirm that
we do not physically hold the above information. However, in the spirit of
being helpful I can further respond to your request as an enquiry and can
advise you as follows:

 

Doncaster Council in conjunction with National Highways and AECOM are
developing a scheme, which would locally widen the southbound exit slip
and provide traffic signals at the top of the slip road.

 

AECOM are currently preparing the detailed design for the scheme and on
completion of this, a planning application will be submitted. Subject to
planning permission being granted and National Highways accepting the
design alterations to their network a full business case for the scheme
will be submitted to the South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authorities.
Acceptance of the business case would release the funding, which would
allow construction works to commence in autumn 2023.

 

Please note, the extra information we have given has been provided as part
of an enquiry and not under EIR. Therefore, should you wish to appeal this
response, this information cannot be included.

 

I hope this information is useful to you.

 

 

If you are not happy with this reply, you can ask us to review our
response. To do this write to us within 40 working days of receiving your
response at the address below or email [1][email address]

 

Freedom of Information Officer,

Doncaster Council,

Civic Office,

Waterdale,

Doncaster, 

DN1 3BU

E-mail: [2][email address]

 

 

If you do not agree with the review decision you can apply to the
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision about our
compliance or otherwise with the EIR legislation. Contact details for the
ICO are Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. [3]www.ico.org.uk Telephone 0303 123 1113.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Kerry Perruza

 

 

Strategic Transportation Manager

Economy and Environment

Transportation Unit

 

 

 

 

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