Decision details

The Portfolio Holder made the following decisions:

1)  That the schemes listed in Appendix ‘A’ of the Planned Highway Maintenance report should be included in a programme of planned highway maintenance for 2020/21, to be undertaken by the Council’s existing highway term maintenance contractor, up to a maximum cost of £0.6m subject to available funding from underspending on other Highways revenue budgets.

2)  The Portfolio Holder agreed that a bid for funding of £1.5m is submitted to TfL for the schemes listed in Appendix ‘B’ of the Planned Highway Maintenance report--to form a future principal roads maintenance programme and, if successful, the Executive is requested to amend the Capital Programme accordingly.

The Environment Portfolio Plan includes the key aim “To continue to invest in a timely and effective manner in our roads and pavements to maintain the value of our highway asset”. The Plan identifies that the Council will “Improve the condition of the of the highway network by completing an approved major programme of road and pavement resurfacing”.