Highways Safety Policy (Cabinet Minute 27 11 May 2016)
To note the following reference from Cabinet for information. Report HCW/16/39 can be
found at: http://democracy.devon.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=133&MId=160&Ver=4
“(a) that the Highway Safety Policy set out in Appendix A to Report HCW/16/39 be approved and the Head of Highways, Capital Development & Waste be authorised, in
consultation with the County Solicitor and the Cabinet Member for Highway Management and Flood Prevention, to approve further minor amendments to the Highway Safety Inspection Policy prior to the next full review in September 2018;
(b) that Highways & Traffic Order Committees be made aware of the revised operational policy.”
Minutes:
The Committee noted that Cabinet on 14 October had resolved:
“(a) that the Highway Safety Policy set out in Appendix A to Report HCW/16/39 be approved and the Head of Highways, Capital Development & Waste be authorised, in consultation with the County Solicitor and the Cabinet Member for Highway Management and Flood prevention, to approve further minor amendments to the Highway Safety Inspection Policy prior to the next full review in September 2018;
(b) that Highways & Traffic Order Committees be made aware of the revised operational policy.”
The Neighbourhood Highways Group Manager reported that the main change now related to Risk Assessment of potential safety defects to provide a more flexible and coherent evidence-based approach.