An officer report, which will be considered at the meeting, concluded that the revised business case submitted by campaign group Splashback "is not commercially viable and does not offer best value to the council".

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The U.S. Solicitor General agrees, saying in a brief submitted in the case, scheduled to be argued Feb. 27, that private lawsuits are a key part of the antitrust enforcement scheme and consumers would lose out if those cases could be squelched with arbitration agreements.

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Mr Campbell said the council had submitted its final business case for the project to the Department for Transport and was waiting for approval.

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