Agenda item

Cabinet considered a report which recommended the approval of the additional Department for Transport's 2022/23 grant funding allocation for Highway Maintenance to the highway block of the capital programme, as well as recommending the proposed apportionment of the assumed level of funding, as set out at Appendices 'A' and 'B' of the report, and requested approval for a number of detailed programmes of work relating to the funding as set out at Appendices 'C' to 'H' of the report.

In presenting the report, members expressed thanks to all the teams involved in producing the report and programme, and for facilitating the District Highway briefings that all members were invited to attend. Specific thanks were extended to Phil Durnell, John Davies, Mel Ormesher, Paul Binks, Stuart Bradshaw, Rebecca Makinson, Kiara Clarke and Janet Wilson.

Resolved: That;

1. Approval be given for the Department for Transport 2022/23 Highway Maintenance funding grant, once confirmed, to be added to the Highway Block of the Capital Programme;
2. Approval be given for the proposed apportionment of the assumed 2022/23 Department for Transport Highway Maintenance funding as detailed in the report and at Appendices 'A' and 'B';
3. The proposed 2022/23 New Starts Highway Maintenance programmes set out as projects at Appendices 'C' to 'H' of the report be approved;
4. Any revisions required on receipt of the confirmed funding envelope be developed and presented for approval at a future date ; and
5. The Carbon Statement detailed at Appendix 'I' of the report be noted.