Decision details

(i)        to approve the schemes listed in the Appendices as the detailed proposals for expenditure within budget heading under exception of last two items in Appendix G;

(ii)       to approve spending of £500,000 this year of the £10m additional investment in roads approved within the Administration’s budget on 6 March to be spent on Repairs to Junctions, poor Utility Tracks and areas of recurring pothole repairs;

(iii)      to instruct Chief Officer of Operations and Protective Services to implement the detailed programme;

(iv)      to delegate authority to the Chief Officer of Operations and Protective Services, to undertake or instruct appropriate procedures in accordance with the Council’s Procurement Regulations to procure the works referred to in the exempt Appendices for the Roads Capital Budget programme for the financial year 2018/19 and award contracts relating thereto;

(v)       to delegate authority to Chief Officer of Operations and Protective Services in consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services to award contracts on receipt of a valid tender submission subject to necessary funding in the approved revenue and capital budgets;  

(vi)      to approve as estimated expenditure in terms of the Procurement Regulation 4.1.1, in order for work to commence on the capital programme, the sums shown against each heading of the Roads Capital Budget for the financial year 2018/19 set out in Exempt Appendices to this report; and

(vii)    to instruct Chief Officer of Operations and Protective Services to confirm as part of the budget process for 2019/2020 officer recommendations for the allocation of the £2.5m for 19/20 from the additional £10m investment in roads approved on 6 March 2018.