Issue - meetings

(i)       to note that officers would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting on the number of cyclists using the Deeside Way;

(ii)       to note that officers would prepare a statement for Members to use when responding to constituent enquiries on roads winter maintenance and gritting, to include information on resource allocation between gritting and filling of salt bins, and the issues caused by freeze thaw;

(iii)      to note that officers were liaising with NHS Grampian in relation to data held on slips and trips and their locations;

(iv)      to instruct officers to highlight any specific changes to the winter maintenance plan in future reports;

(v)      to note that two new cycle paths had been opened by Aberdeen City Council in 2024 – South College Street and Craigshaw Drive and these had not been added to appendix G cycleways to be gritted in line with priority 2 footpaths;

(vi)      to approve the “Roads Winter Service Plan 2024/2025” (Appendix 1) with the addition of the two new cycle ways;

(vii)     to delegate authority to the Chief Officer - Operations, following consultation with the Chief Officer – Finance, to continue to deliver the Winter Maintenance Service; and

(viii)    to instruct the Chief Officer – Operations to hold an induction meeting on a date to be arranged, for elected members on the winter service process.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director City Regeneration and Environment which presented the Roads Winter Service Plan for the coming winter for approval and highlighted any significant changes.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      approve the Roads Winter Service Plan 2024/2025 (Appendix 1);

(b)      delegate authority to the Chief Officer - Operations, following consultation with the Chief Officer – Finance, to continue to deliver the Winter Maintenance Service; and

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer – Operations to hold an induction meeting on a date to be arranged, for elected members on the winter service process.

During questioning of officers, there was mention of NHS Grampian, and the Convener therefore made a transparency statement due to being a member of NHS Grampian Board, however he did not consider that this amounted to an interest which would require him to withdraw from the meeting.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that officers would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting on the number of cyclists using the Deeside Way;

(ii)       to note that officers would prepare a statement for Members to use when responding to constituent enquiries on roads winter maintenance and gritting, to include information on resource allocation between gritting and filling of salt bins, and the issues caused by freeze thaw;

(iii)      to note that officers were liaising with NHS Grampian in relation to data held on slips and trips and their locations;

(iv)      to instruct officers to highlight any specific changes to the winter maintenance plan in future reports;

(v)      to note that two new cycle paths had been opened by Aberdeen City Council in 2024 – South College Street and Craigshaw Drive and these had not been added to appendix G cycleways to be gritted in line with priority 2 footpaths;

(vi)      to approve the report recommendations, with the addition of the two new cycle ways highlighted above.