Agenda item

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

The Local Committee’s Highways budgets for next Financial Year 2019-20 have now been confirmed. Officers have worked with Members to design a programme of Local Structural Repair (LSR – large scale patching) for next Financial Year 2019-20, of total value £200,000 capital. All Divisional Members have agreed to allocate £2,222.22 from their 2019-20 individual Highways revenue allocations to support Street Smart in 2019-20, a total contribution of £20,000.

The Local Committee (Elmbridge) agreed:

(i) To approve the proposed programme of Local Structural Repair (LSR – large scale patching) for next Financial Year 2019-20 as set out in Table 6 of the report;

(ii) Subject to securing funding, to authorise the Area Highway Manager to implement the St Matthews School, Downside, Road Safety Outside Schools scheme, including the necessary legal procedures to reduce the speed limit to 20mph in Downside Common Road;

(iii) Subject to securing funding, to authorise the Area Highway Manager to implement the Weybridge Triangle scheme, including the necessary legal procedures to introduce a new road table near the rear entrance to Manby Lodge School, and introduce a 20mph speed limit and 7.5t weight restriction throughout the Triangle area;

(iv) Subject to securing funding, to authorise the Area Highway Manager to implement a new shared surface for pedestrians and cyclists on the northern footway of Terrace Road, between Russell Road and Sunbury Lane;

(v) To authorise the Area Highway Manager to arrange the revalidation of the traffic signals at the junction of New Zealand Avenue, Oatlands Drive, Walton Bridge Road, and Bridge Street, as part of the Walton to Halliford Transport study;

(vi) To 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.

(vii) (on a motion proposed by the Chairman and seconded by the Vice-Chairman and unanimously agreed) That the Area Highways Manager in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman be authorised to agree a provisional allocation from the Committee’s portion of the surplus on the on-street parking account to ITS schemes, subject to confirmation at the next meeting.

Reasons: Recommendations are made to facilitate development and delivery 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.

Officers will update Committee when the outcome of the CIL bids is known.

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 Highways Manager

Petitions, Public Questions/Statements: None

Member discussion –key points

The Area Highways Manager indicated that the schemes listed in Table 6 are in priority order and the top scheme will be considered first as there are more schemes than funding available.

The local member raised the issue of the bridge over the M25 which has a big dip on the edge as you drive over. The bridge is the responsibility of the Highways Agency (HA). The Area Highways Manager indicated that he had met with the HA and their supplier, the embankment is subsiding, in the meantime the HA will resurface either side of the joint to address the difference in levels. The member was unhappy to hear that the bridge is subsiding and felt this should be addressed as a matter of urgency. The Cabinet member for Highways agreed to add this to the agenda for the regular meeting he holds with the HA.

Noted in relation to recommendation iii) that at the time of submitting the funding bid that proposals for Pine Grove were not developed, but these will be kept under review and further proposals may be submitted.

Resolved: