A PRESENTATION TO

COMMUNITY LIAISON GROUP

Mercia Park3 NOVEMBER 2020

Welcome – Chair

Community Fund – Leicestershire & Rutland Community Foundation

Vehicle Activated Signage – David Smith (IMP), Darren Gelder (ODA PC)

Community Liaison Group meeting 03/11/20

Agenda

Construction update – Winvic

Any other business, including date of next meeting

MERCIA PARKRichard Reid – Project Manager

1. Timescales & Phasing

2. Considerate Construction

3. Delivering Social Value

CONSTRUCTION AGENDA

1. TIMESCALES & PHASING

UNIT 2

UNIT 3

UNIT 5UNIT 4

POND 2

POND 3

POND 1

Circulation

Road

Circulation Road

HGV Road

MERCIA PARK - SEQUENCE MAPS Week No 1 – Commence

Earthworks

Bund 2 (2m)

Bund 1 (8m)

Bund 3 (8.5m)

Bund 4 (4m)

Bund 5 (3m)Bund 6 (3m)

Bund 7 (11m)

Bund 8 (10m)

Bund 9 (6m)

Bund 10 (8m)

Bund 11 (10m)

Bund 7 (9m)

Bund 10 (4m)

TEMPORARY TOP SOIL STOCKPILE

DSVTopsoil &

Cut / Fill

HGV RoadTopsoil Strip

AmenityTopsoil & Cut / Fill

Unit 1Topsoil Strip

UNIT 1

Week No 104 –

Completion of Project

MERCIA PARK

PROJECT UPDATE

Site Works

• Winvic compound now fully setup using the old Hill Top Farm entrance

• Road sweeper employed full time to keep the external roads clean following all deliveries

Mercia Park Infrastructure

• Winvic currently in week 23 of 82 and reporting on programme

PROJECT UPDATE

Earthworks

• Earthworks complete in next couple of weeks leaving all units with a level plateau ready for their

own individual earthworks programme

• Remaining works involve completing the west bund

PROJECT UPDATE

Groundworks

• Underground drainage complete

• Gabion retaining walls being installed

• Landscaping started

• Acoustic fence due to start in the next four weeks

• Adjoining ditch and pond clearance complete along the west boundary

Environment

• Middlemarch and Frog Environmental attend site to monitor the works

• Frog Environmental produced Site Water Management Plan and attend site weekly to inspect

Industrial Units

• Work started 26 October on the first of the units – DSV Plot 6

• Steelwork due to start in January 2021

PROJECT UPDATE

Highways work consists of three main elements: new site entrance, new access roundabout, and

J11 gyratory improvement works

Site entrance

• Work on B5493 currently ongoing under lane closures with traffic management

• Full weekend closure required late November (dates TBC) for surfacing work

• Diversion routes for HGVs & local traffic to be approved by highways authorities including LCC

• Closures and diversions to be communicated via parish clerks, community newsletter, project website

• Due to complete early December

New access roundabout

• Programme of works underway which are off carriageway

• Online works likely to begin towards end of January 2021

• Lane closures under temporary traffic lights in place February-April 2021

• Some overnight and weekend closures from April 2021

J11 gyratory works

• Junction 11, M42 roundabout works due to start April 2021 with lane closures

• Future slip road closures will be overnight and weekend only

PROJECT UPDATE: HIGHWAYS

2. CONSIDERATE CONSTRUCTION

• The Mercia Park site team has achieved an impressive

score of 40 on their recent CCS visit

• All five point areas achieved a rating of ‘Excellent’:

• Care about Appearance

• Respect the Community

• Protect the Environment

• Secure everyone’s Safety

• Value their Workforce

• Winvic has won three CCS National Site Awards

this year, bringing our total to 11 CCS National

Site Awards won in the last 3 years

CONSIDERATE CONSTRUCTION

3. DELIVERING SOCIAL VALUE

DELIVERING SOCIAL VALUE

Employment Scheme – agreed with IM Properties and North West Leicestershire District Council –

to benefit six Local Authority areas surrounding the site

• Local employment – working with our supply chain to provide job, work experience and training

opportunities

• Business opportunities – seeking to maximise contract and supplier opportunities locally

• Curriculum support – supporting local schools, FE and universities to inspire young people to consider

careers in construction and built environment sectors

• Community projects – willing to help with some practical local projects

SOCIAL VALUE EXAMPLES

Context – difficulties caused by ensuring additional safety during coronavirus pandemic; however

• Supported launch of Employment Scheme in July 2020 by participating in webinar

• Making goals of the Employment Scheme clear to supply chain partners

• On site training – exploring ways forward to create on-site learning opportunities in partnership with

local FE Colleges

• Placing orders with local businesses

• Supporting local social enterprises, e.g. Nuneaton Signs Ltd

QUESTIONS?

Utility works

Utility works

Utility works

Closure between 8.00pm, Friday 13 November

and 6.00am, Monday 16 November

Coordinating separate work with BT to

minimise overall disruption

Installing gas main and resurfacing worn

carriageway

Official diversion route for HGVs approved by

authorities including Highways England, LCC

Vehicle Activated Signage (VAS)

Vehicle Activated Signage (VAS)

Pre-application consultation included feedback on possible

contributions towards additional off-site traffic mitigation

IMP’s comprehensive transport modelling approved by highway

authorities

Context:

Agreed to monitor and manage any unforeseen impacts once

site becomes operational

Consideration of initiatives to respond where Mercia Park can

clearly be demonstrated to have a material negative effect on the

local and wider highway network

Vehicle Activated Signage (VAS)

Already received requests for assistance to manage existing

concerns, including to Community Fund

Agreed exceptional one-off contribution up to £5k to purchase

Vehicle Activated Signage

Update:

Mobile unit will be shared by local villages – initially by

Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe and Acresford Parish Council

Protocol to be drawn up to confirm ‘ownership’ and ensure fair

use by all parishes

Making Local Life Better

The Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation is a charity which sets up and manages a range of inexpensive grant giving funds for families, individuals, and companies.

We also deliver grants locally for government, and we reinvigorate local dormant funds.

We specialise in giving grants to the charitable and voluntary groups that support local people, matching donors interest with local needs, via the grassroots projects that make local life better within communities.

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Who are we?

Our USP

The local charitable landscape- the -

“unbranded”“under the radar”

“unsung and unseen”

Groups working effectively but quietly to keep our local area safe, healthy and thriving

Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation are managing the

£350,000 fund donated by IM Properties

over a 3 year period.

Mercia Park Community Fund

Fund Aims

• Help strengthen local communities (particularly their quality of life and life chances)

• Improve the natural environment

Priority will be given to:

• Organisations closest to Mercia Park Development at Junction 11 M42 • Organisations who can clearly demonstrate that they deliver or have beneficiaries who

live within within close proximity of the Mercia Park Development at Junction 11 M42.

Size of Grants Up to £2,000 to £5,000 for a 12-month project. Up to £3,000 per year for up to 3 years ( after first year reporting received) In exceptional circumstances, larger grant amounts of up to £10,000 may be considered, for a project that clearly could not be completed without a higher budget.

Mercia Park Community Fund

Round 1 Outcomes

The Mercia Park Community Fund Panel awarded

19 Groups a total of

£96,487 in October 2020

1 group has withdrawn the offer due to COVID restrictions and revising their groups priorities. They have been encouraged to resubmit to the next panel if ready.

Fund Reopen

• The fund is now re open for Round 2 !

• Closing dates for applications is 8th February 2021

• Panel will review these applications at a panel in March 2021

• We are aiming to support more local charitable groups delivering much needed community based projects.

Thank you

Louise Cotton

Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation

Louise.cotton@llrcommunityfoundation.org.uk

For more information

contact:

David Smith:

0121 730 8052

david.smith@improperties.co.uk

Matt Sutton:

0121 616 5920

msutton@camargue.uk