Issue - meetings

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Members were presented with a report regarding the work planned for the maintenance of highways in the borough.

The Assistant Director for Highways explained that some LBB funding had become available for highway maintenance projects because of previous underspends, and that funding was expected to be reinstated by TfL. So what was now required was to submit a bid to TfL for the funding of planned highway maintenance; the Council was allowed to submit a bid to the value of £1.5m. In reality it was probable that  approximately half of this would be received.

It was clarified that this highway maintenance was not directed primarily at any holes or damage caused by utility works, but was for general structural planned maintenance.

Councillor Hitchins declared an interest at this point in view of the fact that he regularly travelled on two of the roads that were mentioned in the appendix to the report.

Members supported the recommendations as outlined in the report. 

RESOLVED that:

1)  The Portfolio Holder agreed that the schemes listed in Appendix ‘A’ 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 should be submitted to TfL for the schemes listed in Appendix ‘B’ to form a future principal roads maintenance programme and, if successful, the Executive is requested to amend the Capital Programme accordingly.