Total spend on anti-terrorism bollards
Case reference FOI2024/00701
Published 13 May 2024
Request
Total spent on the "anti-terrorism bollards", including installation and possible / predicted maintenance costs.
Response
Total spent on the "anti-terrorism bollards", including installation and possible / predicted maintenance costs.
The Service Area have advised the bollard installation was a scheme from the Hereford City Centre programme which was funded jointly by Government Funding as administered by Marches Local Enterprise Partnership and Herefordshire Council.
The bollards that have been installed in Hereford City Centre are not for 'anti-terrorism' but are designed to prevent an errant vehicle impacting upon congregations of pedestrians.
Information regarding the Hereford Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) contract is available on Herefordshire Council's website and can be viewed via the following link:
Decision - Award of Hereford Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) contract - Herefordshire Council
The final costs are as yet unknown as the project is not completed, however the total budget allocated for the installation of the bollards is £222,646.29.
There are no regular maintenance costs identified currently, but any defect maintenance required would be picked up by Balfour Beattie Living Place (BBLP) through the Annual Plan budget.
Information regarding the Annual Plan budget is available on Herefordshire Council's website and can be viewed via the following link:
Decision - Public Realm Services Annual Plan 2024 - 2025 - Herefordshire Council
As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.
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