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Environment and Culture Capital Spend 20011/12: Highways Major Works Programme
Meeting: 14/03/2011 - Executive (Item 10)
10 Environment and Neighbourhoods Capital Spend 20011/12: Highways Major Works Programme PDF 319 KB
This report makes recommendations to members detailing the prioritised programme for major footway upgrade projects, carriageway resurfacing schemes, improvements to grass verge areas and accessibility, renewal of marginal highway land, new street signage, gulley maintenance, carriageway resurfacing – short sections, and footway upgrades – short sections. The Executive are asked to approve the expenditure of the £2,920k capital budget allocation for the 2011/12 capital works programme, which has been included in the Budget Setting report submitted to the meeting of the Executive on 15 February.
Additional documents:
Decision:
(i) that agreement be given to utilise the main highways capital programme of £2,920k as follows:
Footways
% budget amount
(£ 000’s)
? Major footway upgrade ? Footway upgrades – short sections ? Renewal of marginal highway land ? Improvement to grass verges and accessibility ? New street signs
total |
38.7 3.4 0.9 1.7 1.7
46.4 |
1,130 100 25 50 50
1,355
|
Carriageways
? Major carriageway resurfacing of non-principal unclassified (borough road) network ? Major carriageway resurfacing of non-principal classified (B & C) network (NI169) ? Carriageway resurfacing – short sections ? Gulley replacement/maintenance
|
37.3
6.9 3.4 2.6
|
1,090
200 100 75
|
total
|
50.2
|
1,465
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
? Contingencies for TfL funded schemes
|
3.4
|
100 |
total
|
100
|
2,920
|
(ii) that approval be given to the schemes and reserve schemes, as listed in Appendices 1–3 of the report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services.
Minutes:
The report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services made recommendations to members detailing the prioritised programme for major footway upgrade projects, carriageway resurfacing schemes, improvements to grass verge areas and accessibility, renewal of marginal highway land, new street signage, gulley maintenance, carriageway resurfacing – short sections, and footway upgrades – short sections. The Executive were asked to approve the expenditure of the £2,920k capital budget allocation for the 2011/12 capital works programme, which had been included in the Budget Setting report submitted to the meeting of the Executive on 15 February. Councillor J Moher (Lead Member, Highways and Transportation) drew members’ attention to the efforts being made to maintain roads, even in the current difficult financial situation, with priorities established on the basis of independent advice and also taking into account contributions from ward councillors.
RESOLVED:-
(i) that agreement be given to utilise the main highways capital programme of £2,920k as follows:
Footways
% budget amount
(£ 000’s)
? Major footway upgrade ? Footway upgrades – short sections ? Renewal of marginal highway land ? Improvement to grass verges and accessibility ? New street signs
total |
38.7 3.4 0.9 1.7 1.7
46.4 |
1,130 100 25 50 50
1,355
|
Carriageways
? Major carriageway resurfacing of non-principal unclassified (borough road) network ? Major carriageway resurfacing of non-principal classified (B & C) network (NI169) ? Carriageway resurfacing – short sections ? Gulley replacement/maintenance
|
37.3
6.9 3.4 2.6
|
1,090
200 100 75
|
total
|
50.2
|
1,465
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
? Contingencies for TfL funded schemes
|
3.4
|
100 |
total
|
100
|
2,920
|
(ii) that approval be given to the schemes and reserve schemes, as listed in Appendices 1–3 of the report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services.