Project Authorisation 1Project Authorisation • March 19th, 2024
The Basic Asset Protection Agreement (BAPA) was signed in November 2008 by the then Director of Highways and Transportation. BAPA provides the legal basis for a third party (MKC) to carry out work on Network Rail land. The BAPA also sets out the fees that are due to be paid to Network Rail and the design and construction warranties that Network Rail requires before it can allow work to commence on its land. The BAPA marks MKC’s commitment to the Wolverton project and is normal practice if a third party wants to work on rail land. The time for discussions with Network Rail on the matter of who should carry out the works and the fees due would have been discussed before the BAPA was signed. While I do not know why MKC chose to carry out the works (it is possible that Network Rail or Silverlink did not want to do so) the decision to proceed and which department was best placed to do it would have been taken at the highest level in MKC.
