• Decision details
  • Decision details

    Decision Maker: Cabinet

    Decision status: Recommendations Approved

    Is Key decision?: Yes

    Is subject to call in?: Yes

    Decisions:

    The Service Director, Frontline Services provided Cabinet Members with the detailed capital programme for Highways, Transportation and Strategic Projects for 2020/21.

     

    Members were provided with the detail against the specific 2020/21 capital allocations of £12.949M in favour of Highways Technical Services and of £12.076M in favour of Strategic Projects. It was added that these allocations were being made in order to safeguard the long-term integrity of the highways and transportation network and to enhance it, so as to deal with ever increasing travel demands. Specific regard was given to promoting safer and more sustainable travel and to enabling economic activity.

     

    The Service Director referred Members of section 4.1.4 of his report which provided details of the programme and funding allocation and also confirmed that a number of the grant allocations referenced within the report had been confirmed from Welsh Government.

     

    The Leader welcomed the investment and advised Members that the programme was a rolling programme of work. He welcomed the recognised improvements to highways infrastructure based on the data in the report and spoke of the unprecedented year and the affects on the County Borough in respect of Storm Dennis and the affects on the highways and infrastructure.

     

    With the agreement of the Leader, County Borough Councillor G Caple and P Jarman addressed the Cabinet on this item.

     

    It was RESOLVED:

     

     

    1.    To note and approve the Supplementary Capital Programme for Highways, Transportation and Strategic Projects as detailed within the report.

     

    2.    To note that the current allocations are part of a 3-year capital programme and agreed to delegate authority to the Group Director, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Director of Finance and Digital Services, to extend activity to deliver additional projects during the financial year, where capacity exists for accelerated delivery in accordance with the purpose of the wider programme, or to suspend programmes/projects and reallocate funding to optimise delivery.

    Publication date: 25/03/2021

    Date of decision: 25/03/2021

    Decided at meeting: 25/03/2021 - Cabinet

    Effective from: 01/04/2021

    Accompanying Documents: