Issue - meetings

To receive an update from the Highways Area Team Manager (North East).

The Joint Committee agreed:

(i)    To allocate the anticipated £42,273 revenue from the 2018-19 budget for day to day maintenance.

(ii)  To allocate the anticipated £36,364 capital from the 2018-19 budget to continue the development of strategic schemes for CIL bids. 

(iii) Authorise the Area Highway Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and relevant Divisional Member(s) to undertake all necessary procedures to deliver the agreed programmes.

The Area Highways Manager (AHM) presented a report that updated the Committee on progress of this year’s schemes and outlined a strategy for allocating next year’s budget. The estimated figures were based on the medium term financial plan that was agreed by Cabinet in March.

The Area Highways Manager also included figures from the available parking surplus which had been reconciled from figures that had been previously given to the parking task group. All allocations had now been accounted for and the figure given in table 2 was up to date.

Should the Committee agree on the second recommendation, the AHM’s aspiration is to work closely with the borough council’s planning officers and the task group to develop the bids which will best improve the highways infrastructure. Proposals will be brought back to committee for input. It would not guarantee however that funding would be released to pursue these proposals as this decision is the preserve of the borough council.

The Committee commented that one of the benefits of the proposed approach was that it provided the flexibility to address those issues that don’t fall into the criteria for repair for central funding but nevertheless matter to residents.

(Cllr Griffiths left the meeting ahead of the decision)

The Joint Committee agreed:

(i)    To allocate the anticipated £42,273 revenue from the 2018-19 budget for day to day maintenance.

(ii)  To allocate the anticipated £36,364 capital from the 2018-19 budget to continue the development of strategic schemes for CIL bids. 

(iii) Authorise the Area Highway Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and relevant Divisional Member(s) to undertake all necessary procedures to deliver the agreed programmes.