Agenda item

HIGHWAYS UPDATE (EXECUTIVE FUNCTION)

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

 

The Joint Committee is asked to agree on allocations for the next financial year.

 

 

Decision:

The Joint Committee (Spelthorne) agreed to:

 

(i)      Delegate authority to the Area Highway Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Divisional Members to decide a programme of schemes for next Financial Year 2021-22 in which to invest the additional ITS funding;

 

(ii)      Allocate funding from its Capital ITS budget to investigate land constraints for the Clockhouse Lane railway bridge project;

 

(iii)     Delegate authority to the Area Highway Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Divisional Members to decide which options to take forwards for implementation for the Buckland School Road Safety Outside Schools project;

 

(iv)    Subject to funding being identified, authorise the Area Highway Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Divisional Member to advertise an amendment to the traffic regulation order that controls access to Staines High Street, to resolve any objections, if no insurmountable objections are raised to make the amendment, and to renew the rising bollard system to enforce the amended traffic regulation order;

 

(v)     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.

 

Minutes:

The Area Highways Manager (AHM) presented his report. The main focus of this report was the additional capital funding that had been released in February, by the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport to be invested over the next three financial years. There were three projects that the AHM was seeking decision on and he presented updates on two of those as follows:

 

 

Clockhouse Lane railway bridge

 

·         The Area Highways Manager demonstrated the present lay out of the road across the bridge and areas where additional land will be needed to construct a lay out that would be more safe for all road users.

 

  • the Area Highways Manager advised that he could investigate the land ownership issues and report back to the next committee the outcome of the investigation. The committee was supportive of this approach.

 

Buckland School Road Safety Schemes.

 

  • The Divisional Member advised that the schemes would benefit several schools in the local area and would therefore welcome any contributions from other committee members on this item. The Area Highways Manager was requesting that the committee delegates authority to make decision on the final schemes, and he welcomed the divisional member’s suggestion that the school be included in the discussion. Members were very supportive of improving the situation for school users in the area.
  • It was noted that the report identified that the Cabinet Member for Highways had identified additional funding to enable additional schemes for the coming year and that this had been included within the recommendations of the report.

 

 

 

The Joint Committee (Spelthorne) agreed to:

 

(i)      Delegate authority to the Area Highway Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Divisional Members to decide a programme of schemes for next Financial Year 2021-22 in which to invest the additional ITS funding;

 

(ii)      Allocate funding from its Capital ITS budget to investigate land constraints for the Clockhouse Lane railway bridge project;

 

(iii)     Delegate authority to the Area Highway Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Divisional Members to decide which options to take forwards for implementation for the Buckland School Road Safety Outside Schools project;

 

(iv)    Subject to funding being identified, authorise the Area Highway Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Divisional Member to advertise an amendment to the traffic regulation order that controls access to Staines High Street, to resolve any objections, if no insurmountable objections are raised to make the amendment, and to renew the rising bollard system to enforce the amended traffic regulation order;

 

(v)     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.

 

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