Agenda item

This report summarises progress with the Local Committee’s programme of Highways works for the current Financial Year 2016-17.

Subject to confirmation of the 2017-18 Highways budgets, preparations will be made to deliver the Local Committee’s programme of Highways works for the Financial Year 2017-18.

That the Local Committee [Epsom & Ewell] agreed to

(i) Approve formally the prioritisation of Ruxley Lane, Ardrossan Gardens, Amis Avenue, The Rise, and Rosebank, for inclusion in the Horizon Roads Major Maintenance (HRMM) programme;

(ii) Approve formally a programme of nine ITS schemes for the 2017-18 Pooled Capital allocation as set out in paragraphs 2.21 to 2.22;

(iii) Authorise the Area Highway Manager to make appropriate changes to budget allocations and programmes of work for next Financial Year 2017-18 when Committee’s Highways budgets for next Financial Year have been confirmed, in consultation with the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and affected Members of the Local Committee;

(iv) 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: Programmes of work for next Financial Year 2017-18 have been agreed with Committee and individual Divisional Members. However it may be necessary to review the Local Committee’s Highways budget allocations and programmes of works when Committee’s Highways budgets for 2017-18 are confirmed. The Highways budgets are expected to be confirmed after the Council’s overall financial situation has been clarified.

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 Team Manager; Steve Howard, Transport Policy Project Manager

Petitions, Public Questions/Statements: None

Member Discussion – key points

The local County Councillor thanked the Committee for agreeing to include Rosebank to the list of locally prioritised roads for inclusion in the Horizon Roads Major Maintenance programme.

Noted in Annex A, that alternative funding streams had been agreed pending the decision on the A24 Resilience Bid which has been deferred until June/July by the Local Enterprise Partnership.

The traffic regulation orders for the Plan E work will be published in the week after the meeting.

Members queried whether the changes in programming the work would impact on the Derby Festival in June. The officer responded that all works impacting on the highway will be suspended during the Derby Festival. The programme for work on the market place is currently being finalised, but is likely to take place in January 2018. The website will shortly be updated with the latest programme dates and information. He apologised that it had not been possible to make more information publicly available previously, but as things were sometimes changing on a daily basis it was felt to be better to wait until the programme was confirmed to avoid confusion.

It was confirmed that there is sufficient funding available to complete the work required.

In relation to Table 5, page 101, the local County member requested that she be involved in discussions on localised verge hardening to ensure this is placed in the correct area. She asked that if there was any funding remaining that this could be used to improve the pavement from the shops to Riverholme Drive.

Resolved: to