Issue - meetings

That the Highway Asset Management Policy and Strategy, as set out in the agenda, be approved and implemented within existing service budgets.

The Executive considered a report setting out a proposed Highway Asset Management Policy and Strategy. 

The Executive Member for Highways and Transport explained that the Council had a large inventory of highways related assets eg roads, pavements, footpaths, car parks, street lights and furniture etc and all of these assets needed to be identified and have an assigned value.  They also needed to be serviced and on occasions repaired or modified.  In order to be aware of what the Council owned and what it cost and the plans for longer term development for future usage a properly organised list or database needed to be established with a set of procedures and standards to manage it.

The Council had started this process a number of years ago however the Government had now specified that every local authority should undertake, adopt and embed a Highway Asset Management Policy and Strategy and if the Council did not conform to this requirement it could affect future grants and financial support schemes related to highways.

Given the increased interest in allocating funds to recognise the effect of flooding on roads Councillor Ross reminded Members that road drains, gullies ditches etc were also are part of this programme. 

RESOLVED:  That the Highway Asset Management Policy and Strategy, as set out in the agenda, be approved and implemented within existing service budgets.