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Hampshire County Council

Basingstoke and Deane Highway Management Advisory Panel

12 November 2003

Highway Maintenance and Minor Capital Works

Programmes 2003/2004

Report of the Director of Environment

Item 6

Contact: Peter Eade, Tel 01256 360093 email [email protected]

1. Summary

1.1 This report outlines progress with the 2003/04 Highway Maintenance and Minor Capital Works Programmes and gives an update on 2003/04 Highway Maintenance budget.

2. Background

2.1 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 and serviceability 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.

3. Highway Maintenance Budget and Programme 2003/04

3.1 The Highway Maintenance budget for 2003/04, approved by the Executive Member for Environment, is £46,889,000. This sum comprises £19,615,000 revenue funding and £27,274,000 funding from the capital programme provision.

3.2 This year urban footways have been targeted to maintain accessibility and improve standards in the heavily used areas, reducing the potential for claims. In addition, 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.

3.3 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 was specifically allocated by the County Council to these area of need for 2003/04. Of this funding, £2.5 million was allocated to footway works and £1 million to maintenance of the rural unclassified road networks.

Revenue Maintenance Budget and Programme

3.4 The total revised allocation for Basingstoke and Deane for 2003/04 is £818,000. Additional funding of £374,000 was allocated by the Highways Agency following the de trunking of this road in May this year. This money is for maintenance of the A339 and from this sum, £160,000 has been put against Ordinary Maintenance, the remainder being used for road salting, street lighting, structures, arboriculture and centrally funded work such as gully emptying and white lining. 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.

3.5 The revenue maintenance programme funds three main areas of highway maintenance: reactionary minor repair works on the road and footway network, maintenance and minor traffic management improvements of signs and road markings and the environmental aspects of highway maintenance, including grass cutting, weed treatment and tree and shrub maintenance.

3.6 Additional revenue budgets are held centrally, which include certain performance elements of the County Council's term maintenance contract. The performance based work contained in the contract includes:

(i) gully and catch-pit emptying;

(ii) rural visibility splay grass cutting; and

(iii) `A' road minor carriageway repairs, road markings, studs, sign cleaning, safety fencing.

Other centrally held budgets cover winter maintenance and ordinary bridge maintenance.

Capital Maintenance Budget and Programme

3.7 The total allocation for Basingstoke and Deane for 2003/04 is £1,656,450 which includes £244,000 from the £3.5m county-wide additional funding previously reported. The funding allocation for the capital maintenance `planned works' programme is based on the proven HAMP rating system and has reflected the agreed intervention levels. The HAMP rating intervention level directs funding to those maintenance schemes displaying a higher maintenance need. Planned structural maintenance repairs undertaken through the capital maintenance programme include surface dressing, special maintenance and resurfacing schemes.

3.8 This years schemes are progressing well with the expectation that the `planned' maintenance programme will be delivered within time and budget constraints. Progress on this years schemes is shown in Appendix 2.

3.9 The capital maintenance programme also supports the centrally controlled areas of work, including major maintenance schemes and bridge maintenance. In Basingstoke and Deane there are no major schemes this year but a major highway maintenance scheme is currently being prepared for the A340 in Tadley and due to be starting on site in the summer of 2004.

3.10 Surface dressing is an extremely cost-effective way of prolonging the life of the carriageway, sealing cracks and restoring skid resistance. The total budget county-wide of £3,297,000 is managed centrally and for 2003/04 supported a HAMP intervention level of 50 on the principal road network. High performance surface dressing on the non-principal roads has a HAMP intervention of 60 and 70 for the urban and minor roads programme respectively. All sites on this years programme for the Basingstoke and Deane have now been successfully treated. This years schemes are listed in Appendix 3.

4. Minor Capital Works

4.1 The Minor Capital Works Programme (also known as the Under £10,000 Programme) is funded from the capital allocation based on the Local Transport Plan submission to the Department for Transport.

£20,000 was allocated for the Basingstoke and Deane area in 2003/04 and the schemes included in the programme are:

4.2 A new footway link from the A339 alongside the B3051 Little Knowle Hill near Kingsclere connecting FP 56 just east of Moor Cottage with the new kerbing works completed on the A339.

4.3 A new footway link along Harts Lane from Hart's Cottages to the Carpenters Arms in Burghclere.

4.4 These schemes are scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.

Recommendation

That this report be noted.


Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB the list excludes:

1.	Published works.

2.	Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.

TITLE	LOCATION

8348/PE

APPENDIX 1

HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS NORTH, BASINGSTOKE

Revenue Budget 2003/04
Routine Maintenance (carriageway, footway repairs) Minor Cyclic Maintenance Drainage	£210,000 £255,000 £120,000
Gully Cleansing (Soakaways and non std gullies in addition to the county-wide contract)	£43,000
Aids to Movement (lines and signs)	£126,000
Environmental (grass, trees, shrubs)	£81,000
Weed Control	£97,000
Hazard Clearance	£46,000
Total:	£978,000

Capital Budget 2003/04 Principal Roads
Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs	£54,000
Principal Roads Special Maintenance	£35,000
Total:	£89,000
Capital Budget 2003/04 Non Principal Roads		Additional Funding
Non Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs	£623,000
Non Principal Roads Special Maintenance	£194,000	£46,000
Non Principal Roads Resurfacing	£491,750	£197,700
Non Principal Roads Tactile Paving Crossing Points	£15,000
Total Capital Budget	£1,412,750	£243,700
Total Maintenance Budget Allocation Basingstoke	£2,634,450

APPENDIX 2

PRINCIPAL and NON-PRINCIPAL ROADS

Special Maintenance Programme 2003/2004

BASINGSTOKE and DEANE

Principal Roads	Work description	Status	Estimated Cost

Reading Road, Sherfield on Loddon A33	Drainage	Works programmed	£15000
Mulford's Hill, Tadley A340	Drainage	Design not yet completed	£20000
			£35000
Non Principal Roads	Work Description	Status	Estimated cost

Morley Rd Basingstoke	Joint repairs	Works completed	£3500
Cold Harbour, N Waltham	Kerbing and footway provision	Works programmed	£24000
St Patricks Rd, Basingstoke	Kerb replacement	Works programmed	£6600
Whitney Rd, Basingstoke	Footway RS w bollards	Works completed	£8000
Stratfield Rd Link Rd, Basingstoke	Kerb replacement	Works programmed	£8000
Lingfield Close, Basingstoke	Footway resurfacing	Works completed	£7200
Park Lane, Stratfield Saye	Reconstruct cgwy and overlay	Works completed	£39000
Shelley Close, Basingstoke	Footway resurfacing	Works completed	£5000
Stukely Road, Basingstoke	Footway resurfacing	Works completed	£3000
Green Lane, Stratfield Saye	Haunching	Works completed	£57000
Gregory Close, Basingstoke	Footway resurfacing	Works programmed	£8000
Bodmin Close, Exmoor Close, Basingstoke	Footway resurfacing	Works programmed	£5700
Coronation Road, Basingstoke	Footway resurfacing	Works programmed	£8500
Pembroke Road, Basingstoke	Footway resurfacing	Works programmed	£4500
Dankworth Road, Basingstoke	Footway resurfacing	Works completed	£6000
			£194000

Additional Scheme to be included

Ball Hill Road, East Woodhay

Haunching

Works programmed

£46000

Resurfacing 2003/2004

BASINGSTOKE

Non Principal Roads	Work description	Status	Estimated Cost
Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke	Resurfacing	Completed	£82500
Popley Way, Basingstoke	Resurfacing	Completed	£13000
Doswell Way, Basingstoke	Resurfacing	Completed	£8000
Hockford Lane, Ashford Hill	Resurfacing	Completed	£36000
Ashley Warren, Ecchinswell & Sydmonton	Resurfacing	Completed	£78750
Hollington Lane, East Woodhay	Resurfacing	Programmed	£52500
Stephenson Road, Basingstoke	Resurfacing	Programmed	£19000
Barefoot Lane	Resurfacing	Programmed	£21500
The Lynch, Overton	Resurfacing	Completed	£30000
Park Lane, Stratfield Saye	Resurfacing	Completed	£90000
Buckskin Lane, Basingstoke	Resurfacing	Programmed	£5500
Wade Road, Basingstoke	Resurfacing	Programmed	£35500
Kenilworth Road spur, Basingstoke	Resurfacing	Programmed	£4500
Waltham Lane, North Waltham	Resurfacing	Programmed	£15000
			£491,750

Additional Schemes to be included


	Essex Road, Basingstoke (Worting Rd - No 6)		Resurfacing	Incorporated with HQ scheme		£30000
	Grafton Way, Basingstoke (Service Rd - Morse Rd)		Resurfacing	Programmed		£30000
	Hill View Rd, Basingstoke (Austen Rd - A30)		Resurfacing	Programmed		£26600
	Grammersham Lane		Resurfacing	Not yet designed		£15500
	Additional Footway schemes to be included
	Fabian Close, Basingstoke (Nos 1 - 25)		Footway resurfacing	Designed		£4500
	Quilter Road, Basingstoke (Nos 407 - 423)		Footway resurfacing	Not yet designed		£3000
	Wella Path, Basingstoke (to rear of No 26 Horwood Gardens)		Footway resurfacing	Not yet designed		£4500
	Cheviot Close, Basingstoke (to rear of Nos 17 - 30)		Footway resurfacing	Not yet designed		£9000
	Kenilworth Road (No 92 Roman Rd - No 82 Kenilworth Rd)		Footway resurfacing	Not yet designed		£35400
	Winchcombe Road (No 3 Budds Close - No 24 Winchcombe Rd)		Footway resurfacing	Not yet designed		£5000
	Stanford Road (Bernstein Rd - Barry Way)		Footway resurfacing	Not yet designed		£7700
	Hazel Drive / Ringway North (L/C F505 - F510)		Footway resurfacing	Not yet designed		£4000
	Buckskin Area Footpath (No 66 Ochil Close - rear No 20 Charnwood Close)		Footway resurfacing	Not yet designed		£7500
	Carpenters Down Footpath (Carpenters Down - N of Tobago Close)		Footway resurfacing	Not yet designed		£15000
						£197,700
BASINGSTOKE and DEANE					APPENDIX 3
Surface Dressing Programme 2003 / 2004 All completed in June/July 2003

Group 2 A Roads
		*Road Name / Location*			*From - To*
A33		CHINEHAM and TAYLOR'S FARM
A3010		CHURCHILL WAY, BASINGSTOKE
A30		WINCHESTER ROAD			FROM KEMPSHOTT ROUNDABOUT TO SAINSBURY ROUNDABOUT

Group 2 Roads
		*Road Name / Location*			*From - To*
B3400		WORTING ROAD, BASINGSTOKE			OAKLEY to BASINGSTOKE
GERSHWIN ROAD		GERSHWIN ROAD, BASINGSTOKE			FROM NORTHEN JT BRIGHTON WAY TO JT COPLAND CLOSE
GRESLEY ROAD		GRESLEY ROAD, BASINGSTOKE			FROM DANESHILL RBT TO STREET LIGHT NO 20
GROVE Rd/BLACK DAM WAY		BLACK DAM WAY, BASINGSTOKE			FROM VENTURE RBT TO JT REMBRANDT CLOSE
CLIDDESDEN LANE		CLIDDESDEN LANE, BASINGSTOKE

Group 3 Roads
		*Road Name / Location*			*From - To*
WALLINS COPSE		CHINEHAM			FROM JT READING ROAD TO END CUL-DE-SAC
COPSE VIEW CLOSE		CHINEHAM			FROM JT FARM VIEW ROAD TO END CUL-DE-SAC
NORN HILL CLOSE		BASINGSTOKE			FROM JT NORN HILL TO END CUL-DE-SAC
BROADHURST GROVE		LYCHPITT
PADDOCKFIELDS		OLD BASING
LINDEN AVE		OLD BASING
MANOR LANE		OLD BASING
PYOTTS HILL		OLD BASING
MILKINGPEN LANE		OLD BASING
WOODSIDE GARDENS		CHINEHAM			FROM JT FARM VIEW GARDENS TO END CUL-DE-SAC
TOLLWAY		CHINEHAM
MAYBROOK		CHINEHAM
BROOKFIELD CLOSE		CHINEHAM			FROM JT FARM VIEW DRIVE TO END CUL-DE-SAC
BUCKLAND AVENUE		BASINGSTOKE			FROM JT WESTERN WAY TO JT HIGH DRIVE
SYLVIA CLOSE		BASINGSTOKE			FROM CORDALE ROAD TO END CUL-DE-SAC
UPPER SHERBOURNE ROAD		BASINGSTOKE			FROM JT OAKRIDGE ROAD TO END CUL-DE-SAC
CAMROSE WAY		BASINGSTOKE
GAINSBOROUGH ROAD		BASINGSTOKE
MORLEY ROAD		BASINGSTOKE
BLUNDEN CLOSE		BASINGSTOKE
LIGHTFOOT GROVE		BASINGSTOKE
HATCH WARREN GARDENS		BASINGSTOKE			FROM JT HATCH WARREN LANE TO END CUL-DE-SAC
PARKWOOD CLOSE		CHINEHAM
WESTON CORBETT LANE		TUNWORTH
ST JOHNS ROAD		OAKLEY
STATION ROAD		OAKLEY
BEGGARWOOD LANE		FARLEIGH WALLOP
WESTON ROAD		HERRIARD
GRAMMARSHAM LANE		FARLEIGH WALLOP
BRYCES LANE		BROWN CANDOVER
BAYMANS LANE		UPTON GREY
GREEN LANE		ELLISFIELD
THE MOUNT		HIGHCLERE
CHURCH ROAD		HIGHCLERE
SYDMONTON ROAD		WHITCHURCH
RAMPTONS ROAD		WHITCHURCH
WELLS LANE		WHITCHURCH
FAIROAK LANE		STRATFIELD SAYE
SILCHESTER ROAD		TADLEY
WEST STREET		TADLEY
PITFIELD LANE		MORTIMER WEST END
WEST HEATH ROAD		RAMSDELL
DUKES RIDE		SILCHESTER
STEVENS GREEN		ST MARY BOURNE
ASH ROAD / BEECH RD		BISHOPS GREEN