A report providing the Committee with an update on the 2018/2019 Highway Maintenance programme.

The Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report providing the Committee with an update on the 2018/2019 Highway Maintenance programme and on the £653,000 share of the Additional Highways Maintenance Funding Award for 2018/2019.  The report also informed the Committee of the £1.308m Highway Maintenance 2019/2020 Award from the Local Transport Block Funding (Integrated Transport and Highway Maintenance) settlement and outlined the proposed Highway Maintenance 2019/2020 works programme and spend allocation.  Finally, the report provided the Committee with an update on the Lead Local Flood Alleviation Grant Funding.

Appendix 1 to the report outlined the proposed Highway Maintenance 2019/2020 works programme and spend allocation and Appendix 2 set out what had been delivered in the Highway Maintenance Programme in 2018/2019.

In response to a question on the condition of pavements and footpaths, Sam Shean, Streetcare Services Manager, informed the Committee that issues could be reported by email, via the Council’s website, by phone or directly to Streetcare.Admin@reading.gov.uk or by using the Love Clean Reading app.

Resolved –

(1)        That the Highways Maintenance Update 2018/2019 be noted;

(2)        That the update on the £653,000 Additional Highways Maintenance Funding Award and gives spend approval be noted;

(3)        That the £1.308 Million Highway Maintenance Award for 2019/2020 from the Local Transport Block Funding (Integrated Transport & Highway Maintenance) settlement be accepted and spend approval for the proposed Highway Maintenance Programme 2019/2020, as set out in Appendix 1 and paragraph 4.11 be granted;

(4)        That the Head of Transportation and Streetcare be authorised, in consultation with the Lead Councillor for Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport, the Head of Legal & Democratic Services and the Head of Finance, to enter into the variety of contracts required to undertake the highways maintenance works as described in the report;

(5)        That the update on the Lead Local Flood Alleviation Grant (LLFA) Funding be noted and spend approval for the total amount of £40,721 available for 2019/20 be granted.