What is the decision-making process?
A formal decision on whether to proceed with the proposal will be taken at the Children and Young People Portfolio Holder meeting on 17 March 2009 and the Executive meeting on 30 March 2009. Should the decision be in favour of the proposal, Bromley Council will publish the proposal in the form of a Public Notice and Statement of Case. There then follows a statutory six week period in which representations (eg objections or supportive comments) can be made. If no objections are received, Bromley Council would enact the proposal. If objections are received, the matter is referred to the Schools’ Adjudicator for a decision.
Over the next several years, the I-81 Challenge will advance the community discussion that has already started about the future of I-81. Information about the existing conditions of the highway and the regional transportation system will be collected. An understanding of the community’s values, goals, and ideas will be used to generate a wide range of options for the future of the highway and a set of criteria for evaluating them. This broad range of options will be narrowed down to a small number of viable alternatives through a combination of technical analysis and continued public involvement. Later, the viable alternatives will be refined and analyzed in further detail, and a formal environmental review process, including official public hearings, will begin. That process will ultimately lead to a decision, and to a project or projects that can be implemented. You can find a graphic illustrating this process under The I-81 Process.
