The Wherryman’s way stakeholder update run jointly by NCC and the Broads Authority took place on 22-6-23. NCC reported that the bid for additional CIL funding had been unsuccessful. NCC are now scoping options in order to optimise work against the current budget on the River Chet and Bramerton FP5 sections. NCC are seeking alternative funding to complete the project. CIL funding is for capital works so though this is a concern for the longer term it should not inhibit feasibility work against Surlingham FP1. Costings for the repairs to Bramerton FP5 are to be used to model potential costs for for the works required to repair Surlingham FP1 but feasibility work considering other options has no other dependency on the wider project. The request to manage the Surlingham FP1 feasibility as a parallel activity is being pursued offline. The next update is scheduled for 28th Sept 23.