Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Transportation and Highways

The Cabinet considered a report of the Director of Transportation and Highways which outlined an £11.1m integrated capital programme for the maintenance and enhancement of the City's highways and transport infrastructure. This programme is funded through annual government local transport funding, City Council resources, Section 106 funds, Active Travel grant and Citizen Housing Right to Buy receipts.

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

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

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 ManagementStrategy.

2.  Continue to invest 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 complement public realm and connecting Coventry proposals.

4.  Provide a programme of footway improvements funded from the Citizen Housing Group Investment Fund, as part of a £1m investment which will be delivered over the next financial year.

RESOLVED that the Cabinet:-

1)  Approves the 2021/22 programme of schemes marked ‘A’ in Table 4 of the report.

2)  Delegates authority to the Cabinet Member for City Services, to

approve a programme of scheme development, Section 106 &

Active Travel funded schemes, marked ‘B’ in Table 4 of the report.