Deputy de Sausmarez said the aim of the Major Projects Portfolio was to get projects ready before the States was asked to commit money to them.
‘It allows us to be a bit more flexible and respond when circumstances and priorities change,’ she said.
Under the current system, she reminded members, major projects tended to have to have been agreed at the start of a political term when many had not been at a state where there had been a good grip on the scope of the project, how they were going to be delivered, and an estimate of cost.
Three portfolio stages were being suggested – proposal development, pipeline and delivery.
But the key development was a more structured pipeline stage, which is designed to allow projects to carry out appropriate early planning and assessment before decisions are made on whether they should move forward to full delivery.
There are 26 projects listed, out of 60 which Deputy de Sausmarez said had come forward initially.
‘It is more important than ever that we aren’t locking away funding before it is needed,’ she said.
‘The proposals are a more structured way of getting major projects ready before asking the States to commit major capital to them.’
The report did not provide details of delivery, but she said more information would be forthcoming in the next few months.
The proposals also ask members to approve more immediate action involving the inclusion in the delivery stage of essential work at the Guernsey Dairy and to note that the States Trading Supervisory Board would be bringing out a separate report on the replacement of the QEII Marina gates.
The proposals were approved late yesterday, with only Deputies Haley Camp and David Goy dissenting.
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