Agenda item - HIGHWAYS UPDATE (EXECUTIVE FUNCTION)

To receive an update from the Highways Area Team Manager (North East).

The Joint Committee (Spelthorne):

(i) Agreed the (revised) strategy for allocation of Joint Committee Highways budgets for next Financial Year 2019-20 as set out in Table 4 (paragraphs 2.1.9 to 2.1.12 refer);

(ii) Approved the proposed programme of Local Structural Repair (LSR – large scale patching) for next Financial Year 2019-20 described in paragraph 2.2.2 and Table 6.

(iii)Agreed to the removal of 33 schemes from the prioritisation list in Annex A (paragraph 2.2.4 refers);

(iv) Authorised the Area Highway Manager to commission two feasibility studies – the first for an amendment to the one-way system in Walton Lane, Shepperton, and the second to investigate pedestrian crossing improvements in Walton Bridge Road, Shepperton, as part of the Walton to Halliford Transport study (paragraph 2.6.2 and Annex B refers)

(v) Agreed to the Area Highway Manager using part of the £30,000 Parking Surplus funding set aside for the re-validation of Staines Town Centre SCOOT region to arrange traffic surveys to design a new scheme of signs and road markings in the Staines Town Centre area (paragraphs 2.6.4 to 2.6.10 refer);

(vi)Agreed to the Area Highway Manager using part of the £30,000 Parking Surplus funding set aside for the re-validation of Staines Town Centre SCOOT region to arrange traffic surveys to understand the pattern of traffic movement into, out of, and through Staines, in preparation for a review of the arrangement of roads within Staines (paragraphs 2.6.4 to 2.6.10 refer);

(vii) Authorised 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 for recommendations:

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.

Specific recommendations are made to facilitate a rationalisation of Committee’s Integrated Transport Scheme (ITS) prioritisation list, to facilitate the development of schemes emerging from the Walton to Halliford Transport Study, and to facilitate development of a potential major Staines Town Centre Scheme.

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 attending: Nick Healey, Area Highway Manager

Petitions, Public Questions, Statements: None.

Member Discussion – key points:

The Area Highway Manager presented his report, pointing out that there would be liaison with the Ward and Divisional members to agree the prioritisation of Local Structural Repair works in each area. Verbal corrections were made to Table 6 (Recommended Joint Committee funded capital LSR programme for 2019-20) where some roads had been placed in the wrong Division.

In respect of the Staines Town Centre Scheme and associated SCOOT region revalidation project, it was noted that Cllrs Harvey and Mooney disagreed with the Area Highway Manager’s record of the meeting held on 28^th January 2019.