Issue - meetings

Report by Executive Director – Development and Infrastructure Services

A report introducing the Annual Status and Options Report which makes an analytical assessment of the condition of the Council’s road network and associated infrastructure as well as setting out projected conditions based on varying levels of investment was considered.  The report also provides the proposed 2016/17 Roads Reconstruction Programme and introduces the Roads Asset Management Plan.

This item was continued in the course of the meeting to allow further discussion at the end of the agenda.

Decision

The Committee –

1.    Endorsed the Roads Asset Management Plan.

2.    Endorsed the Annual Status and Options Report and the positive analytical feedback it provided with regard to the improvement to the Council’s Road Condition Index as a result of the ongoing investment in roads reconstruction works.

3.    Noted the issues raised by members of the Committee in relation to area programmes.

4.    Noted that the percentage allocation remains the same as previous years.

5.    Delegated to the Executive Director – Development and Infrastructure Services in consultation with the Chair of the Committee and 4 Area Chairs, the authority to finalise the roads reconstruction programme.

6.    Noted that the total roads capital allocation to 16/17 is £4.872 including the allocation from Bute and Cowal roads capital budget of £375K to Dunoon CHORD.

(Reference: Report by Executive Director – Development and Infrastructure Services dated February 2016; 2015/16 Annual Status and Options Report; 2016/17 Draft Roads Reconstruction Programme; and Roads Asset Management Plan, submitted)