Decision details

RESOLVED

(a) that progress on 2020/21 capital funded highway maintenance schemes as detailed in Appendices II and III to the Report be noted;

(b) that the capital funded highway maintenance programmes for 2021/22 as set out in Appendices IV and V be approved;

(c) that the Highways, Infrastructure Development and Waste 2021/22 capital programme be enhanced by £11.691 million (as explained in section 3 of the Report) funded by external grants;

(d) that the detailed allocation of the available budget be determined by the Chief Officer for Highways, Infrastructure Development and Waste, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highway Management, on the basis of the Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan, and within the limits of the approved budget;

(e) that the programme funded from the On-street Parking Account for 2021/22 as set out in Appendix VI also be approved; and

(f) that, in relation to pavement parking, it be noted that the Council had submitted evidence to the Transport Select Committee and in view of the delays encountered, Cabinet write to the Chair of the Government’s Transport Select Committee (Huw Merriman) to check on progress and ask what can be done to speed up the process for a resolution to the issues previously presented as evidence.