Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

Councillor Thomas introduced the report and explained that the highway network was the highest valued infrastructure asset owned by the Council, with the carriageway and footway asset alone valued in excess of £1 billion.  The safe and usable condition of the network was essential to maintaining economic and social connectivity, both within Flintshire and with the wider region and the Highway Asset Management Plan (HAMP) framework provided the principles for managing the network, recognising the importance of the highway infrastructure in supporting a number of the Council’s key objectives.

            The report provided an update on the development of the Council’s HAMP and explained how the Council utilised the principles of the HAMP to guide the strategy for managing and maintaining the highway infrastructure.

            The Chief Officer (Streetscene and Transportation) explained that the allocation of funds was done based on the areas in need the most, and priorities changed due to risks on the network which were identified during assessments by area co-ordinators. 

            The report had been submitted to Environment and Economy Overview and Scrutiny Committee the previous week, where a discussion had also taken place on a pilot that had been undertaken using recycled plastic to replace small areas of asphalt.  The Committee were supportive of the trial and requested that a wider trial be undertaken.  Work would be undertaken to identify any potential sites for such trials.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the content of the report, and the review of the Highway Asset Management Plan be noted;

(b)       That the current arrangements and actions of the portfolio to maintain the highway network be noted; and

(c)        That the revised policy for Highway and Car Park Safety Inspections, Intervention Criteria and Response Times to include a revised approach to highway structure inspections be approved.