Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Transportation and Highways

The Cabinet considered a report of the Director of Transportation and Highways, that brought together a £15.9m capital programme for the maintenance and enhancement of the City’s highways and transport infrastructure.  The programme would be funded through City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, City Council resources, External Funding and Citizen Housing Right to Buy receipts.

As a result of the increased funding negotiated through the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, this year’s maintenance and transport programmes had been extended in comparison to previous years. This, coupled with the addition of the innovative JCB Pothole Pro machine, would enable a significant improvement in the speed and efficiency of road repairs.

In addition, the report highlighted the ambitious range and scale of major projects to be delivered in the City, from sustainable transport improvements supporting the Gigafactory and other developments, to Coventry Very Light Rail, a pioneering project that showcases Coventry as a city at the forefront of innovation.

These projects would not only benefit the residents of the City and encourage continued growth and investment, they would also provide sustainable solutions to support the tackling of climate change and inequalities by widening travel choice and promoting active travel.

With continued success in attracting external funding, the Council would be able to develop and deliver schemes and infrastructure that enable transformation and progression, laying the foundations for a vibrant and cutting-edge city to be proud of.

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.

As with previous programmes, there was an emphasis on making the best use of existing infrastructure rather than creating new.  The maintenance programme would focus on ensuring that the worst affected roads and pavements across the City were properly repaired and preventative maintenance carried out. This was a key theme in the West Midlands Strategic Transport Plan and was driven by the City Council's Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Policy and Strategy (January 2016).

RESOLVED that, the Cabinet:

1.  Approve the 2022/23 programme of Transportation and Highway schemes marked A in Table 2 of the report.

2.  Delegate authority to the Cabinet Member for City Services to approve a programme of scheme development, Section 106 and externally funded schemes, marked B in Table 2 of the report.