Funding for Highway Maintenance - 2019/20
To consider an exempt report by the Cabinet Member for Natural and Built Environment, Dorset County Council. The report was considered by the County Council’s Cabinet on 5 September 2018.
Minutes:
The Committee
considered a report by the Cabinet Member for Natural and Built Environment
following activity to examine the current funding strategy in relation to the
management of highway maintenance. A number of the recommendations within the report
related to future revenue funding issues from 1 April 2019 and were for the
Shadow Executive Committee to consider. The report was considered and approved
by Dorset County Council’s Cabinet on 5 September 2018.
Clarification was
provided regarding the additional funding for highway maintenance in 2019/20 as
a mixture of revenue and capital financing through the disposal of assets.
Recognition was
given to the need to invest in highways maintenance and to commend the ongoing
work of the Highways Team who worked incredibly hard with limited resources.
Decision
That the content
of the Policy Development Panel’s report be taken into account within future
budget development work.
Reason for
Decision
To address
concerns about the current levels of maintenance and
condition of the highway network.