APPROVAL was given for additional cash to fund the new link road from the A338 to Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Members of BCP Council agreed the extra money from the Futures Fund for the link road through Wessex Fields.

The additional money was sought due to construction industry inflation and an enhanced design based on completing more of the consented road scheme.

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The Figures for the BCP Council scheme through part of the Wessex Fields site have not been disclosed publicly.

Members of the press and public were excluded from part of the debate at last week’s full council meeting due to commercially sensitive information.

However, BCP Council’s cabinet meeting in Setepmber heard the costs had doubled and “significantly exceed” how much University Hospitals Dorset paid for the area of the site, which was acquired from the local authority.

The council is required to build the road to provide controlled access to the hospital for staff and service vehicles as a condition of when the hospital trust acquired the area of the land, which sits between the dual carriageway and the hospital.

The measure was approved by full council.