Agenda item

Report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place)

To consider the above petition, bearing 43 signatures, which is being supported by Councillor Lepoidevin, a Woodlands Ward Councillor, who has been invited to the meeting for consideration of this item along with the petition organiser.

The Cabinet Member for City Services considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) responding to a petition, bearing 43 signatures, that requested that the Council prioritise repairs to the road and pavements at Leyland Road. The Petition Organiser, Ms Heaven, and the Petition Sponsor, Councillor Lepoidevin, attended the meeting for consideration of the matter and to speak on behalf of the petitioners.

In accordance with the City Council's procedure for dealing with petitions, those relating to parking and road safety were heard by the Cabinet Member for City Services.  The Cabinet Member had considered the petition prior to this meeting and in response to the request made, requested that the petition was dealt with by letter (determination letter), rather than a formal report being submitted to a meeting; to be able to deal with the matter more efficiently.

The determination letter advised of the investigations undertaken and the approved action in response to the issues raised. On receipt of the determination letter, that provided an option to request a Cabinet Member report to be considered at a Cabinet Member meeting if so wished, the Petition Organiser advised that they did not wish the petition to be progressed by letter and wanted the issue to be considered through a report at a Cabinet Member for City Services meeting. An Appendix to the report provided a site plan of the location and a further Appendix to the report provided a copy of the determination letter.

The report indicated that records showed that the last annual programmed safety inspection took place on the 26th April 2019, at which time 2 number carriageway defects were identified as requiring repair and 1 number carriageway gully needed to be reset. Following receipt of the petition an engineer made a separate visit, on 13th May 2019, to make an assessment of the construction and overall condition of the road and pavements. It was noted that the road and the pavements were traditional bituminous/tarmac construction. Both the road and pavements were somewhat aged and although not aesthetically pleasing at the time of inspection there were no intervention level defects identified. 

Given the current condition and usage, the recommended treatment would be to surface dress the road and slurry seal the pavements. If a priority score was reached they would be included in a future capital funded improvement programme, budget permitting. Until such time any defects would continue to be made safe at or above the intervention level, as identified.

Councillor Lepoidevin acknowledged the action that been undertaken and the data that had been obtained following site visits. She acknowledged the process for inclusion of Leyland Road in a future capital funded improvement programme and that any defects would continue to be made safe.

Having considered the report and the comments made by Councillor Lepoidevin and the Traffic Management Officers, the Cabinet Member decided that Leyland Road be included in a future capital funded improvement programme, as budget permitted and until such time the road and pavements continue to be monitored and any defects be made safe at the intervention level required.

RESOLVED that the Cabinet Member for City Services:

1)  Notes the petitioners’ concerns.

2)  Approves that the road and pavements in Leyland Road be held on Coventry City Council’s forward programme list and agree that their condition continue to be monitored and scored against all other similar sites citywide.