Issue - meetings

The full wording of the petition along with officer response are provided within the supplementary agenda.

The Local Committee noted:

i)    The officer’s comment.

ii)   That officers could work with the divisional member and district councillor to see if there is any support for work to be carried out on initial investigation and design work and whether there are any opportunities for match funding.

The local Committee agreed:

iii)  That initial investigation and design work to establish the cause of the verge to sink and the most effective method to raise the verge be added to the Integrated Transport Scheme List for consideration for future funding.

Reason for decision:

The above decision was made to enable work to be undertaken on the above scheme at a time when funding to do so was available.

Declarations of Interest: None

Officers Attending: Zena Curry, Area Highways Manager, SCC

Petitions, Public Questions and Statements: The petition and officer response was published within the supplementary agenda.

The lead petitioner, Mrs Sally Clack was unable to attend the meeting.

Key points from the discussion:

·         The divisional member noted that she was in support of the petitioners request but queried what the timeline for work was. It was confirmed that officers were always looking at opportunities for match funding. The AHM added that she was asking the committee to agree for the scheme to be put forward to be focussed on in the next financial year.

·         Members queried how this Integrated Transport Schemes (ITS) list differed from other lists. Other schemes had been added to the ITS list but were unable to progress due to lack of funding. The AHM apologised for the confusion of having two so-called ITS lists and suggested perhaps the list referred to in relation to this petition should be named the Capital Maintenance list.

Resolution:

The Local Committee noted:

i)    The officer’s comment.

ii)   That officers could work with the divisional member and district councillor to see if there is any support for work to be carried out on initial investigation and design work and whether there are any opportunities for match funding.

The local Committee agreed:

iii)  That initial investigation and design work to establish the cause of the verge to sink and the most effective method to raise the verge be added to the Integrated Transport Scheme List for consideration for future funding.

Reason for decision:

The above decision was made to enable work to be undertaken on the above scheme at a time when funding to do so was available.