Issue - meetings

This report summarises progress with the Local Committee’s programme of Highways works for the Financial Year 2013-14 and also asks the Committee to approve the strategy for allocation of budgets for the next Financial Year.

The Local Committee resolved to agree to:

(i)    Approve the construction of a scheme to reduce casualties at the junction of Fairmile Lane and Leigh Hill Road, Cobham, and all associated consultative legal procedures, in the event that funding becomes available for this scheme (paragraph 2.7 refers);

(ii)   Authorise the Area Team Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and relevant Divisional Member(s), to identify and prioritise schemes to ensure the remainder of this Financial Year’s budgets are fully invested in the road network in Elmbridge (paragraph 2.17 refers);

(iii)  Approve the strategy for allocation of next Financial Year’s budgets as detailed in Table 4 (paragraphs 2.19 to 2.23 refer);

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

Reason for decision: to facilitate delivery of the 2013-14 Highways programmes funded by the Local Committee and to facilitate development of Committee’s 2014-15 Highways programmes, while at the same time ensuring that the Chairman, Vice Chairman and relevant Divisional Members are fully and appropriately involved in any detailed considerations.

Nick Healey introduced the report.  He firstly pointed out that there was an error in table 3 of the report.  The work in Trystings Close and Oakhill was not yet complete, but would be by Friday 6^th September.  He went on to say that good progress was being made with the work being carried out using the 2013-14 budgets shown in table 1 and that almost all of the £175,000 pooled revenue was committed.  Table 4 details the budget strategy for 2014-15 as discussed at the Members’ Highways workshop in July.  The Chairman said the Local Committee can consider top slicing some of their divisional allocation in future years to enable larger schemes to be completed.

Some of the larger schemes will also be able to be considered as projects to be funded by Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) from 2014.  Borough Councillor, John O’Reilly, explained that CIL was already being collected by Elmbridge Borough Council and they were about to start the process of establishing the governance structure.  Elmbridge BC will be able to consider funding projects proposed by Surrey County Council as part of the process.  Both Borough Councillor, John O’Reilly and Local Committee Chairman, Margaret Hicks agreed this was a great opportunity for both County and Borough Councillors to work together to make the most of the process, which is currently out to consultation.  Borough Councillor, John O’Reilly, also wished to give credit to Nick Healey, his team and Elmbridge Borough Council officers for working together on the process.

The Local Committee resolved to agree to:

(i)    Approve the construction of a scheme to reduce casualties at the junction of Fairmile Lane and Leigh Hill Road, Cobham, and all associated consultative legal procedures, in the event that funding becomes available for this scheme (paragraph 2.7 refers);

(ii)   Authorise the Area Team Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and relevant Divisional Member(s), to identify and prioritise schemes to ensure the remainder of this Financial Year’s budgets are fully invested in the road network in Elmbridge (paragraph 2.17 refers);

(iii)  Approve the strategy for allocation of next Financial Year’s budgets as detailed in Table 4 (paragraphs 2.19 to 2.23 refer);

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

Reason for decision: to facilitate delivery of the 2013-14 Highways programmes funded by the Local Committee and to facilitate development of Committee’s 2014-15 Highways programmes, while at the same time ensuring that the Chairman, Vice Chairman and relevant Divisional Members are fully and appropriately involved in any detailed considerations.