The business case is a document submitted to the government for the consideration by Ministers when making a decision on major investments.
The business case includes evidence supporting why the Scheme is needed and an appraisal of the benefits and any adverse impacts of the Scheme. This information can be found in the pdf documents below.
The business case for the Scheme was submitted to the Department for Transport in November 2012.
A6 to Manchester Airport Major Scheme Business Case (pdf 7.87mb)Appendix A - Strategy Summary (pdf 197kb)Appendix B – Traffic Modelling and Appraisal (pdf 3.59mb)Appendix B 2 - Local Model Validation Report - Main Doc (pdf 4.62mb)Appendix B 2 - Local Model Validation Update (pdf 1.24mb)Appendix B 3 - Public Transport Model Validation Report (pdf 2.77mb)Appendix B 4 - Variable Demand Model Development Report (pdf 1.78mb)Appendix B 5 - Forecasting Report Appendices (pdf 3.84mb)Appendix B 5 - Forecasting Report (pdf 2.04mb)Appendix B 6 - Economic Assessment Report (pdf 3.20mb)Appendix B 7 - Uncertainty Log (pdf 5.68mb)Appendix C - Worksheets (pdf 202kb)Appendix D – Environmental Scoping Report (pdf 4.57mb)Appendix E - Scheme Cost Estimate (pdf 312kb)Appendix F - Project Initiation Document (pdf 1.48mb)Appendix G – Technical Notes on Inflation and Optimism Bias (pdf 196kb)Appendix H - Independent Surveyors Report (pdf 112kb)Appendix I - Draft Complementary and Mitigation Measures (pdf 3.82kb)Appendix J - Outline Scheme Evaluation Plan (pdf 2.96mb)Appendix K - Communications Plan (pdf 881kb)Appendix L - Road Justification (pdf 8.36mb)Appendix M - Social and Distributional Impacts (pdf 6.19mb)Appendix N - Employment and GVA modelling (pdf 132kb)Appendix O - Independent Cost Report (pdf 70kb)