Issue - meetings

This report summarises progress with the Local Committee’s programme of Highways works for the current Financial Year 2019-20.

Members are asked to work with Officers to identify priorities for Committee’s investment programmes for next Financial Year 2020-21.

That the Local Committee [Epsom & Ewell] agreed to:

(i)    approve the recommended capital ITS programme for next Financial Year 2020-21 as detailed in Table 5;

(ii)   approve a minor amendment to the Epsom and Ewell parking review, to reduce the length of a parking bay to facilitate the widening of a dropped kerb outside no. 125 Hookfield Road, Epsom, as shown in Annex D;
 

(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.

Reasons:  Recommendations are made to facilitate development of Committee’s 2019-20 Highways programmes, and to make one minor amendment to this year’s parking review, while at the same time ensuring that the Chairman, Vice Chairman and relevant Divisional Members are fully and appropriately involved in any detailed considerations.

Committee is asked to provide the necessary authorisation to deliver those programmes of work in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and relevant Divisional Member without the need to revert to the Committee as a whole.

Declarations of Interest: None

Officers attending: Nick Healey, Area Highways Manager

Petitions, Public Questions/Statements: None

Member discussion –key points

The Divisional member was happy to defer the Stoneleigh Park Road scheme in his division on cost grounds.

It was noted that the feedback and options for the scheme near Aldi would be discussed with the divisional member but it may not be possible to deliver it without additional external funding.

It was agreed that possible schemes for delivery and new feasibility studies will be considered at an informal meeting as there is insufficient budget available to take them all forward and decisions will need to be taken on which are priorities.  Those put forward will be brought to the March meeting for confirmation.

Resolved: to

(i)    approve the recommended capital ITS programme for next Financial Year 2020-21 as detailed in Table 5;

(ii)   approve a minor amendment to the Epsom and Ewell parking review, to reduce the length of a parking bay to facilitate the widening of a dropped kerb outside no. 125 Hookfield Road, Epsom, as shown in Annex D;
 

(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.

Reasons:  Recommendations are made to facilitate development of Committee’s 2019-20 Highways programmes, and to make one minor amendment to this year’s parking review, while at the same time ensuring that the Chairman, Vice Chairman and relevant Divisional Members are fully and appropriately involved in any detailed considerations.

Committee is asked to provide the necessary authorisation to deliver those programmes of work in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and relevant Divisional Member without the need to revert to the Committee as a whole.