Halton Borough Council

The complainant has made two requests for information about traffic flows relevant to the Mersey Gateway Project. The Commissioner’s decision in respect of the complainant’s first request is that Halton Borough Council (“the Council”) holds information from which the information sought by the complainant can be extracted and therefore the Council has breached Regulation 5(1) of the EIR. The Commissioner has also decided that, on the balance of probabilities, the Council does not hold information relevant to the complainant’s second request. The Commissioner requires the public authority issue a fresh response to the complainant regarding the formative information it holds used in creating the Traffic Model which was shared with bidders as part of the Dataroom.