Agenda and draft minutes

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To approve & sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record.

Resolved that the Minutes of the Economy & Infrastructure Service Transformation Committee held on 14 December, 2023 be approved and signed as a correct record.

The Group Leader, Highways & Maintenance, presented a report which set out the functions, standards and operational activities of the Highways Maintenance Group in relation to its work on the maintenance of road infrastructure.

Members noted the highways carriageway asset, the Statutory requirements relating to the provision of the service, routine repairs, planned maintenance repairs, highway drainage, asset management, future challenges and opportunities and risks.

Committee questioning and discussions focussed on the following:

·         Highways Works Forward Programme.

·         Planned Maintenance Repairs (reactive and preventative, assessment approaches and scoring systems, materials for methods of repair, the PATCH programme and the different treatment programmes for each particular road).

·         Highway Drainage.

·         Maintenance of Footways/Footpaths.

·         Welsh Government Grants and Council finance.

·         Members Community Budgets.

·         Joint working between Parks and Highways.

·         Future challenges and new ways of working

The Chair thanked the Group Leader, Highways & Maintenance, the Head of Highways & Transportation and the Cabinet Member for Environment & Infrastructure for their participation and attendance.

Resolved that:

1)    The progress in relation to the maintenance of Road Infrastructure be noted.

The Chair introduced the ‘for information’ Economy & Infrastructure STC Work Plan 2023-2024.

The topics for discussion at the following meeting were noted:

·         29 February 2024

More Homes Delivery Programme.