A report updating the Committee on the progress of year-3 of the Council’s additional £8M 5-year Highway Capital Roads & Pavements Investment Programme, the £4M Bridges & Structures Capital Investment Programme. The report informs the Committee of the Department for Transport’s Highway Maintenance Award 2025/26, Local Transport Block Funding(Integrated Transport & Highway Maintenance) settlement and seeks scheme and spend approval. The report also informs the Committee of the withdrawal of the DfT’s Road Resurfacing Fund (Network North) Allocation for Reading and gives an update on the completed Highway Maintenance 2024/25 DfT Local Transport Block Funding Capital Works Programme.

Further to Minute 22 of the meeting held on 21 February 2024, the Committee considered a report that provided updates on:

·       Progress of year-3 (2024/25) of the Council’s additional £8M 5-year (2022/23 to 2026/27) Highway Capital Roads & Pavements Investment Programme.

·       Progress of the Council’s £4M Bridges & Structures Capital Investment  ...  view the full minutes text for item 26