Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendation.

Councillor Attridge introduced the report on the Highways and Car Park Inspection Policy.

            In order to ensure the Council’s highway network remained fit for purpose and in a safe condition, and in order to provide a defence for the Council against claims made for compensation by users of the network, a robust Safety Inspection Policy was required.  The Policy defined safety inspection frequencies on all of the classifications of carriageway, footway and cycleway maintained by the Council and the Policy also defined intervention criteria i.e. the point at which maintenance work was required, and defined timescales for completing any required remedial work.

            The Council owned and managed a large number of car parks across the County and the Inspection Policy had been extended to include those facilities in order to ensure the safety of the sites and to provide a defence against any claims that may be received by users of the car parks, for personal loss or damage.

            The report had been submitted to the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee where it was fully supported.

RESOLVED:

That the reviewed Highway and Car Park Inspection Policy outlining the Council’s approach to all safety inspections, intervention criteria and response times be approved.