Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive (Place)

The Cabinet considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place), which set out proposals for the 2019/20 Transportation and Highway Maintenance Capital Programme.

The report submitted brought together an £8.4m integrated programme for the maintenance and enhancement of the City’s highways and transport infrastructure.  The programme was funded through annual government local transport funding, City Council resources and Whitefriars Right to Buy receipts.

The basic principles for the 2019/20 maintenance and integrated transport programme were:

1.  Continue the programme of rectifying damage and maintaining the City’s roads, through a prioritised programme (worst first) based on the Council’s Highways Asset Management plan.

2.  Continued investment in preventative / proactive maintenance.

3.  Carry out packages of complementary schemes to support the continued growth of the city, such as road safety and traffic management schemes to compliment public realm and connecting Coventry proposals.

4.  Provide a programme of footway improvements funded from the Whitefriars Housing Group Investment Fund, as part of a £2.0m investment which would be delivered over the next financial year.

The report set out the individual allocations and sources of funding in Table 4 and set out the specific details of each project in Appendices 1 to 3.

RESOLVED that the Cabinet:

1.  Approve the 2019/20 programme of schemes marked ‘A’ in table 4 of the report.

2.  Delegate authority to the Cabinet Member for City Services, to approve a programme of scheme development, marked ‘B’ in table 4.