Agenda item

This report summarises progress with the Local Committee’s programme of Highways works for the current Financial Year 2018-19.

Committee is asked to agree the strategy for allocation of Local Committee budgets for next Financial Year 2019-20.

The Local Committee [Epsom & Ewell] agreed:

(i)     To approve the provisional allocation of budgets for 2019-20 as shown in Table 3 of the report;

(ii)    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, 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 its 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 and members attending: Helen Currie, Principal Highway Maintenance Engineer; Gavin Smith, Maintenance Engineer; Steven Howard, Transport Strategy Project Manager

Petitions, Public Questions/Statements: None

Member discussion –key points

Members requested that a list of centrally funded projects should be added to the report for future meetings.

Noted in Table 4, Ewell Village AQMA Package, that the loading bay had been included in the Phase 11 parking review and therefore the table needed to be updated.

Members were disappointed that there may not be sufficient funding remaining from the current Kiln Lane works to carry out the proposed scheme at Chuters Grove.  Other funding needs to be identified to complete this work if this is the case as this is a high priority.

Table 4 – Chessington Road.  Members queried whether this should read Riverholme Drive to Green Lanes as Longmead Road is on the opposite side of the road.  They also requested that the kerb adjustments be completed as soon as possible.

Table 4 – Fair Green.  The Chairman agreed to look into why the Borough Council had not responded.

The divisional member was concerned that the Borough Council had allocated £35k CIL funding for a new bus shelter.  She felt that the money could have been better used elsewhere.

The divisional member thanked officers for preparing the options for the use of the developer funding from the Aldi Development.  He acknowledged that the cost of the preferred option exceeded the budget available and that additional funding will need to be identified to take this forward.

Noted that when the work at the Spread Eagle junction takes place the pavement in High Street East will not be replaced, except to install new tactile paving sections.  The tree by Metro Bank is privately owned and it is believed that it has a Tree Preservation Order so it will need to be replaced by the owners if it is dead or diseased.

Members asked whether the CIL funded schemes would be completed this financial year.  As funding had been awarded on the basis that the schemes were ready to go, this should be the case and if not the funding may need to be returned.

Noted that Item 10 in Appendix 1 is in West Ewell division.  Members queried the significance of the green shading which it was thought indicated schemes being progressed.

Resolved: To

(i)     approve the provisional allocation of budgets for 2019-20 as shown in Table 3 of the report;

(ii)    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, 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 its 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.