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1. Summary

1.1 This report outlines:

(i) progress with the 2002/03 Highway Maintenance Programme;

(ii) details of the 2003/04 Highway Maintenance budget;

(iii) details of the 2003/04 Highway Maintenance Programme;

(iv) progress with the 2002/03 Bridgeworks Programme; and

(v) details of the 2003/04 Bridgeworks Programme.

2. Background

2.1 Members may be aware from previous Panel meetings that the highway maintenance programme is funded from both revenue and capital allocations.

2.2 The revenue maintenance programme funds minor works such as pothole repairs, routine drainage work, including gully cleaning, signs and road markings, environmental maintenance of grass verges, trees and shrubs, weed control and highway emergencies. Minor bridge works and winter maintenance are also funded from revenue. Budget allocations are set at a level that ensures the safety of the highway network.

2.3 The capital maintenance programme funds planned maintenance, including special maintenance, resurfacing and surface dressing, and also provides for essential repairs to the structure of the highway.

2.4 The Bridge Group is responsible for inspection and maintenance, load assessment and strengthening of all existing county highway structures, together with new structures built as part of road improvements, housing schemes and industrial developments. This includes 1,400 road bridges, 300 footbridges and numerous ancillary structures such as retaining walls and gantries.

2.5 The majority of bridge maintenance, assessment and strengthening is capital funded via the Local Transport Plan (LTP), but inspections, routine maintenance, footbridges and environmental maintenance of subways are revenue funded.

2.6 Maintenance includes regular routine items, such as vegetation and drainage clearance, repairs to accident damage, major and minor structural maintenance identified from the annual cycle of bridge inspections and environmental maintenance of subways. The latter covers graffiti removal and cleaning under a three year term contract with a firm called Graffiti Solutions. Raynesway Construction Southern (RCS) carry out the majority of other maintenance, though some specialist or larger jobs go out to tender.

2.7 The load assessment and strengthening programme was instigated by EU legislation that allowed 40 tonne lorries on our roads from 1 January 1999. The assessments are now complete and strengthening of sub-standard bridges is ongoing. There remain about 50 bridges subject to interim measures, such as weight limits or monitoring, that will be strengthened over the next five or six years, funding permitting.

2.8 Following the Selby crash in February 2001, parapets and safety fences at road/rail interfaces, mainly bridges, are being evaluated and prioritised with a view to establishing a rolling programme for protective measures.

3. Progress with the 2002/03 Highways Maintenance Programme

Revenue Maintenance Programme

3.1 The total allocation for Eastleigh for 2002/03 is £499,000. Progress throughout the year has been in line with the spend profile and it is expected that the programme will be completed within time and budget constraints. A budget monitoring statement is included within Appendix 1.

Capital Maintenance Programme

3.2 The total allocation for 2002/03 is £1,223,000. The programme is nearing completion and, as with the Revenue Maintenance Programme it is expected that it will be delivered as planned within time and budget constraints. A budget monitoring statement is included within Appendix 1.

3.3 A status report detailing progress of all special maintenance, resurfacing and surface dressing schemes is attached as Appendix 2.

4. 2003/04 Highway Maintenance Budget

4.1 The Highway Maintenance budget for 2003/04 approved by the Executive Member for Environment is £46,515,000. This sum comprises £19,241,000 revenue funding and £27,274,000 funding from the capital programme provision.

4.2 The revenue budget allocation has been maintained at a similar level to 2002/03.

4.3 The capital budget allocation has been increased substantially compared with 2002/03. Central Government funding achieved through the LTP process has increased and locally-resourced capital funding has also been enhanced. It should be noted that maintenance funding allocated through the LTP process is directly related to the condition of Hampshire's road network, and future levels of funding are dependent on the County Council's ability to improve the overall condition of the network. This increased allocation for planned maintenance has provided the opportunity of target funding at the more vulnerable areas of the network, essentially urban footways and rural unclassified roads.

4.4 Urban footways have been targeted to maintain accessibility and improve standards in the heavily-used areas, reducing the potential for claims. The rural unclassified road network was severely damaged as a result of the flooding in 2000/01 and requires a sustained, enhanced level of funding to recover.

4.5 Despite this additional funding the need, based on Highways Assessment of Maintenance Priorities (HAMP) intervention levels, has risen this year. It is therefore envisaged that these increased levels of funding will need to be sustained to achieve the aims of the Government, to halt the deterioration of the network by 2004 and eliminate the backlog by 2010.

4.6 To reflect the condition of the footway network in Hampshire, user concerns and the deteriorating condition of the rural unclassified lanes, an additional £3.5 million of funding has been specifically allocated by the County Council to these areas of need for 2003/04. Of this funding £2.5 million will be allocated to footway works and £1 million on maintenance of the rural unclassified network. This funding will help to reduce the maintenance backlog and the provisional programme of additional works in Eastleigh is included as Appendix 4A.

5. 2003/04 Highway Maintenance Programme

Revenue Maintenance Programme

5.1 As described above, the revenue maintenance programme funds three main areas of highway maintenance:

(i) reactionary minor repair works on the road and footway network;

(ii) minor traffic management improvements of signs and road markings; and

(iii) environmental aspects of highway maintenance including grass cutting, weed treatment and tree and shrub maintenance.

5.2 The provisional total allocation for Eastleigh for 2003/04 is £518,000 and is set out in Appendix 3.

5.3 Additional revenue budgets are held centrally for the performance elements of the County Council's term maintenance contract. The performance based work contained in the contract includes:

(i) gully emptying;

(ii) visibility splay grass cutting;

(iii) winter maintenance; and

(iv) ordinary bridge maintenance.

Capital Maintenance Programme

5.4 The funding allocation for the capital maintenance programme is based on the HAMP rating system and will reflect the agreed intervention levels. The HAMP rating intervention level directs funding to those maintenance schemes displaying a higher `maintenance need'. Therefore, the funding allocation within the Borough for the 2003/04 capital maintenance programme will differ from the 2002/03 allocation.

5.5 As stated above, planned structural maintenance repairs undertaken through the capital maintenance programme include surface dressing, special maintenance and resurfacing schemes. A provisional list of schemes under each of these headings for 2003/04 is attached as Appendix 4.

5.6 The capital maintenance programme also supports the centrally controlled areas of work, including major maintenance schemes and bridge maintenance.

6. Progress with the 2002/03 Bridgeworks Programme

Painting Contract, Bishopstoke

6.1 Four bridges in Bishopstoke on the B3037, Bishopstoke Road, have been painted by Southern Coating Contractors, necessitating off-peak single lane working controlled by traffic signals. This work was completed in October 2002.

Bursledon Bridge, A27

6.2 This three-span reinforced concrete arch carries the A27 over the River Hamble at Bursledon. Following detailed inspection, investigation and consultation this bridge is due to have major concrete repairs during March to August 2003, at an estimated cost of £550,000. The work will mainly be carried out from scaffolding under the bridge, so traffic disruption will be kept to a minimum.

Thornden Subway, Chandler's Ford

6.3 A new anti-graffiti coating is programmed for this subway, under Winchester Road, Chandler's Ford near Thornden School. This is in addition to the regular subway cleaning programme.

7. 2003/04 Bridgeworks Programme

7.1 This programme is still being finalised, pending decisions on allocation of funding, and details will follow shortly.

Recommendation

That this report be noted.

7837/DG

APPENDIX 1

HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS EASTLEIGH

Revenue Budget 2002/03
Routine Maintenance (carriageway, footway repairs)	£198,000
Gully Cleansing	£4,000
Aids to Movement (lines and signs)	£96,000
Traffic Management TROs	£12,000
Environmental (grass, trees, shrubs)	£149,000
Weed Control	£25,000
Hazard Clearance	£12,000
Bridges	£3,000
Total:	£499,000
Capital Budget 2002/03 Principal Roads
Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs	£20,000
Principal Roads Special Maintenance	£140,000
Principal Roads Resurfacing	Nil
Total:	£160,000
Capital Budget 2002/03 Non-Principal Roads
Non-Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs	£380,000
Non-Principal Roads Special Maintenance	£348,000
Non-Principal Roads Resurfacing	£320,000
Non-Principal Roads Tactile Paving Crossing Points	£15,000
Total:	£1,063,000
Total Maintenance Budget Allocation Eastleigh	£1,722,000

APPENDIX 2

HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS EASTLEIGH

Group 3 Carriageway Surface Dressing Completed Programme 2002-03

Kendall Close, Chandlers Ford

Hillcrest Avenue, Chandlers Ford

Pennine Way, Chandlers Ford

St Catherine's Road, Eastleigh

Mansbridge Road, Eastleigh

Riverside, Bishopstoke

Kinsbourne Close, West End

Kinsbourne Way, West End

Dodwell Lane, Bursledon

Grange Road, Hound

Underwood Road, Bishopstoke

Lionheart Way, Bursledon

Church Road, Bishopstoke

Green Lane, Hound

Craven Road, Chandlers Ford

Group 2 (Non-Principal Road) Carriageway Surface Dressing Completed Programme 2002-03

Station Road, Netley Abbey

Abbey Hill, Netley Abbey (part)

Allington Lane, Fair Oak/West End

Group 2 (Principal Roads) Carriageway Surface Dressing Completed

Portsmouth Road, Hound

Footway Surface Dressing Completed 2002-03

Webburn Gardens, West End

Frome Road, West End

Lynn Close, West End

Dart Road, West End

Stour Close, West End

Torridge Gardens, West End

Townhill Way, West End

Wylye Close, West End

Thames Close, West End

Kennet Close, West End

Arun Road, West End

Hayle Road, West End

Tresillian Gardens, West End

Kenwyn Close, West End

Welland Gardens, West End

Old Ivy Lane, West End

Okement Close, West End

Eden Road, West End

Waldon Gardens, West End

Tamar Gardens, West End

Lambourne Road, West End

Helford Gardens, West End

Harbourne Gardens, West End

Gatcombe Gardens, West End

Duddon Close, West End

Ullswater Avenue, West End

Barle Close, West End

Elan Close, West End

Monnow Close, West End

Non-Principal Roads Special Maintenance 2002-03 (to be completed by 31 March 2003)

Non-Principal Roads Resurfacing 2002-03 (to be completed by 31 March 2003)

Monarch Way, West End

School Lane, Chandlers Ford (and reconstruct)

School Close, Chandlers Ford (and reconstruct)

Trevose Crescent, Chandlers Ford (and reconstruct)

Desborough Road, Eastleigh

Lawn Road, Eastleigh

Magpie Lane Backway, Eastleigh (and reconstruct)

Swift Close Backway, Eastleigh (and reconstruct)

Principal Roads Special Maintenance 2002-03 (to be completed by 31 March 2003)

APPENDIX 3

HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS EASTLEIGH

APPENDIX 4

HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS EASTLEIGH

Special Maintenance (Principal Roads) Programme 2003-04 Provisional (based on rating >80)

Group 2 (Principal Road) Carriageway Surface Dressing Programme 2003-04

Provisional (based on rating >55)

Special Maintenance Programme 2003-2004

Provisional (based on rating >110)

Resurfacing Programme 2003-2004

Provisional (based on rating >80)

Group 2 (Non-Principal Roads) Carriageway Surface Dressing Programme 2003-2004

Provisional (based on rating >60)

Group 3 Carriageway Surface Dressing Programme 2003-2004

Provisional (based on rating>70)

Footway Surface Dressing Programme 2003-04 still to be determined

APPENDIX 4A

HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS EASTLEIGH

Additional Special Maintenance (footway) schemes 2003-2004 (Provisional)

Road Est (£)

Southdene Road, Chandler's Ford 18,100

Hocombe Road, Chandler's Ford (part)# 7,100

Station Road/Seaview Estate, Netley Abbey 4,000

Mead Road, Chandler's Ford 19,250

Warren Close, West End 8,100

Chalvington Road, Chandler's Ford 11,000

Hocombe Road, Chandler's Ford (part)# 17,300

Westfield Crescent, Eastleigh 10,450

Telegraph Road, West End 10,250

Cranbury Road, Eastleigh 11,000

Orchards Way, West End 7,900

Hocombe Road, Chandler's Ford (part)# 17,000

September Close, West End 6,750

Hamilton Road, Bishopstoke 8,750

Highfield Road, Chandler's Ford 6,700

Pitmore Road, Eastleigh 8,000

Pembers Close, Fair Oak 8,700

Carne Close, Chandler's Ford 7,100

Hocombe Road, Chandler's Ford (part)# 17,300

Kinsbourne Way, West End 14,700

The Badgers/Hound Road, Hound 7,200

Total 226,650