The Council as part of its overall budget allocation makes provision for highway maintenance schemes. The funding is then targeted according to highway condition. In order to ensure most effective use of resource and the early booking of the plant and equipment, approval is sought annually to approve the targeting of funding to a those roads identified on a rolling list as being in greatest need. The most recent assessment prioritises the works for the next four years as per Annex 1 of the Director of Environment, Culture & Communities report.
Approval is sought to target the budget against schemes in this list as the priority for spending for 2018/19 so far as the total budget allows.
Decision type: Non-key - Low
Decision status: Recommendations Approved