Issue - meetings

Report of the Executive Director of Place

The Cabinet considered a report of the Executive Director of Place detailing an integrated capital programme for the maintenance and enhancement of the City's highways and transport infrastructure. All sources of funding for the programme had been considered including the West Midlands Strategic Transport Plan, Corporate Capital Resources, Section 106 monies and other specific grants. This approach would ensure that opportunities for 'joining up' schemes to get the best value for money could be identified. A description of all Maintenance, Integrated Transport & Challenge Fund schemes, the breakdown of the Structural Maintenance Programme, the breakdown of the Road Maintenance Programme including verges, the proposed Safety Schemes Programme, the proposed Traffic Management Programme and the proposed Urban Traffic Management Control programme, were detailed in appendices to the report.

The basic principles for this year's maintenance and integrated transport programme were:

i.  Continue the programme of rectifying damage and maintaining the City's roads, through a prioritised programme based on road condition surveys.

ii.  Continue to invest in preventative/proactive maintenance.

iii.  Carry out packages of complementary schemes to support the continued growth of the city, such as road safety, traffic management schemes and Public Realm works, which where possible will be linked to maintenance projects to maximise savings and the efficiency of implementation.

iv.  Provide a programme of footway improvements funded from the Whitefriars Housing Group as part of a £3m investment which will be delivered over the next financial year.

RESOLVED that the Cabinet approves:

1.  The 2017/2018 capital programme of schemes for maintenance and integrated transport as detailed in table 4 of the report; and,

2.  The schemes designated 'A' for construction in 2017/2018 as indicated in table 4 of the report, and delegates authority to the Cabinet Member for City Services to approve the schemes not designated ‘A’ in table 4 of the report.