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Hampshire County Council

Rushmoor Highway and Transport Advisory Panel

19 March 2004

Highway Maintenance Programmes 2003/04 and 2004/05

Report of the Director of Environment

Item 8

Contact: Philip Churchward, tel 01252 398283
email: philip.churchward @hants.gov.uk

1. Summary

1.1 This report outlines:

    (i) progress with the 2003/04 Highways Maintenance Programme;

    (ii) details of the 2004/05 Highway Maintenance Budget; and

    (iii) details of the 2004/05 Highways Maintenance Programme.

2. Background

2.1 Members will 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 cleansing, 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.

3. Progress with the 2003/04 Highways Maintenance Programme

    Revenue Maintenance Programme

3.1 The total allocation for Rushmoor for 2003/04 was £378,000. Progress throughout the year has generally been in line with the spend profile, although a release of additional funding before Christmas has permitted additional vegetation clearance and tree works on the A331 Blackwater Valley Route to improve visibility and drainage. It is expected that the overall 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 2003/04 was £728,700. This includes additional funding for special maintenance schemes. The programme is nearing completion and 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 is attached as Appendix 2.

4. 2004/05 Highway Maintenance Budget

4.1 The Highway Maintenance budget for 2004/05 approved by the Executive Member for Environment is £51,461,000. This sum comprises £21,232,000 revenue funding and £30,229,000 funding from the capital programme provision. This includes an additional £3.5 million to help address the backlog within highway maintenance programmes.

4.2 The revenue budget allocation has been maintained at a similar level to 2003/04.

4.3 The capital budget allocation has been increased compared with 2003/04 which comes on top of a substantial increase compared with 2002/03. Central Government funding achieved through the Local Transport Plan (LTP) process has increased and locally resourced capital funding has also been enhanced. This increased allocation for planned maintenance has provided the opportunity for continued funding of the more vulnerable areas of the network, essentially urban footways and rural unclassified roads.

4.4 Urban footways are again being targeted to maintain accessibility and improve standards in the heavily used areas, reducing the potential for claims.

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

5. 2004/05 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.

    The total allocation for Rushmoor in 2004/05 is £416,000. A detailed breakdown of the budget allocations for 2004/05 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) routine 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'. The total allocation for Rushmoor in 2004/05 is £846,820. Details of the 2004/05 allocations are set out in Appendix 3.

5.5 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 2004/05 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.

Recommendation

That this report be noted.

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APPENDIX 1

HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS RUSHMOOR

% Committed
1 February 2004

Original

Allocation

Revised

Allocation

Revenue Budget 2003/04

Routine Maintenance (carriageway, footway repairs)

149,000

157,000

105

Gully Cleansing

3,000

3,000

57

Aids to Movement (signs and road markings)

73,000

73,000

60

Environmental (grass, shrubs) (RBC)

103,000

103,000

100

Weed Control

32,000

32,000

100

Hazard Clearance

10,000

10,000

110

Total

£368,000

£378,000

Capital Budget 2003/04

Principal Roads

Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs

39,000

79,000

89

Principal Roads Special Maintenance

0

0

0

Principal Roads Resurfacing

45,000

45,000

100

Total

£84,000

£124,000

Capital Budget 2003/04

Non-Principal Roads

Non-Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs

235,000

255,000

90

Non-Principal Special Maintenance

256,000

314,700

93

Non-Principal Roads Resurfacing

19,000

19,000

100

Non-Principal Roads Tactile Paving Crossing Points

13,000

13,000

100

Total Maintenance Budget Allocation

£977,000

£1,101,700

APPENDIX 2

HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS RUSHMOOR

2003-2004 SPECIAL MAINTENANCE,

RESURFACING AND SURFACE DRESSING PROGRAMME

NON-PRINCIPAL SPECIAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME

    Prince Charles Crescent, Farnborough

Re-kerb Island

£17,400

Complete

    St Michaels Road, Farnborough

Widen Roundabout

£32,500

Complete

Sebastopol Road, Aldershot

Footway Resurfacing

£4,200

Complete

    Busk Crescent, Farnborough

Footway Resurfacing

£17,700

Complete

    Highfield Road, Farnborough
    (Bridge Road-Holly Road)

Footway Resurfacing

£14,500

Complete

    Maple Leaf Close, Farnborough
    (Dene Road-end of cul-de-sac)

Footway Resurfacing

£4,000

Complete

    Giffard Drive, Farnborough (Giffard Drive-Shelley Rise)

Footway Resurfacing

£3,500

Complete

    Baird Road/Faraday Road, Farnborough

Footway Resurfacing

£10,000

Complete

    Fernhill Walk, Farnborough
    (Fernhill Lane-end of cul-de-sac)

Footway Resurfacing

£9,500

Complete

    Farm Road and Field Way, Aldershot

Footway Resurfacing

£30,000

Complete

    Pinewood Park, Farnborough
    (nos. 492-343 and 372-384)

Footway Resurfacing

£23,000

Complete

    Queensmead, Civic Centre Footways

Footway Resurfacing

£25,000

March 2004

    North Lane, Aldershot

Kerbing and Footway Resurfacing

£40,000

Complete

    Pavilion Road
    (Chetwode Terrace-no. 20)

Footway Resurfacing

£7,700

Complete

    Hospital Hill, Aldershot

    (Queens Road-opposite Willems Avenue)

Footway Resurfacing

£17,000

Complete

    Lulworth Close, Farnborough

Footway

Resurfacing

£58,700

Complete

£314,700

NON-PRINCIPAL RESURFACING MAIN PROGRAMME

    Grosvenor Road, Aldershot

    (Victoria Road-Birchett Road)

Carriageway Resurfacing

£10,000

Complete

    Sebastopol Road, Aldershot

Carriageway Resurfacing

£9,000

March 2004

£19,000

PRINCIPAL SPECIAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME

A323 Wellington Avenue, Aldershot

Carriageway Resurfacing

£45,000

Complete

£45,000

SURFACE DRESSING HIGH PERFORMANCE - GROUP 2 (ALL COMPLETE)

Road

From

To

    A323 Fleet Road, Aldershot

Rushmoor Road

Windy Gap

    U353 Holly Road, Aldershot

North Lane

Redan Road

SURFACE DRESSING MINOR ROADS - GROUP 3 (ALL COMPLETE)

Road

From

To

    Tongham Road, Aldershot

Oakway

Willow Way

    Alma Close, Aldershot

Deadbrook Lane

End of cul-de-sac

    Southwalk, Aldershot

North Lane

End of cul-de-sac

    Longbeach Drive, Farnborough

Linksway

Larchway

    Briars Close, Farnborough

Southwood Lane

End of cul-de-sac

New Dawn Close, Farnborough

Briars Close

End of cul-de-sac

    Cornelia Close

Briars Close

End of cul-de-sac

    Nevada Close

Briars Close

End of cul-de-sac

    Boundary Road

Alexandra Road

Canterbury Road

    York Road, Farnborough

Reading Road

Queens Road

FOOTWAY SURFACE DRESSING (ALL COMPLETE)

    Boundary Road, Farnborough

    Canterbury Road "

    Albert Road "

    Chalfont Drive "

    Firs Close "

    Chatfield Close "

    Cambridge Close West "

    Cambridge Close East "

    Yetminster Road "

    Windsor Road "

    Rivers Close "

    Bruntile Close "

    Hermitage Close "

    Peabody Road "

    York Road "

    Cross Street "

    Guildford Road West "

    Abbey Way "

    Monks Close "

    Douai Close "

    Priory Street "

    The Grove "

    Fellows Road "

APPENDIX 3

HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS RUSHMOOR

Revenue Budget

2004/05

Main Allocation

2004/05

Additional Allocation

Routine Maintenance (carriageway, footway repairs)

£155,000

0

Gully Cleansing

£3,000

0

Blackwater Valley Route Pumping Station

£16,000

0

Aids to Movement (lines and signs)

£61,000

0

Environmental (grass, trees, shrubs), including RBC managed service

£137,000

0

Weed Control

£33,000

0

Hazard Clearance

£11,000

0

Total:

£416,000

0

Capital Budget - Principal Roads

Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs

£40,000

0

Principal Roads Special Maintenance

£18,820

0

Principal Roads Resurfacing

0

0

Total:

£58,820

0

Capital Budget - Non-Principal Roads

Non-Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs

£227,000

0

Non-Principal Roads Special Maintenance

£176,500

£251,000

Non-Principal Roads Resurfacing

£118,500

0

Non-Principal Roads Tactile Paving Crossing Points

£15,000

0

Total:

£537,000

£251,000

Total Maintenance Budget Allocation Rushmoor

£1,011,820

£251,000

APPENDIX 4

HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS RUSHMOOR

2004-2005 SPECIAL MAINTENANCE

RESURFACING AND SURFACE DRESSING PROGRAMME

NON-PRINCIPAL SPECIAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME

    Victoria Road, Aldershot
    (Wellington Street-Pickford Street)

Footway Surfacing and Kerbing

£74,000

    St Peters Park, Aldershot
    (Matthew Road-Luke Road)

Footway Resurfacing

£12,500

    York Road, Aldershot
    (Section between York Crescent Junctions)

Footway Works

£10,000

    Chestnut Road, Farnborough
    (Prospect Road-end of cul-de-sac)

Footway Resurfacing

£24,500

    Arthur Street, Aldershot
    (Windsor Way-Victoria Road)

Footway Resurfacing and Kerbing

£21,500

    Mayfield Road, Farnborough
    (Fernhill Road-Cove Brook)

Footway Resurfacing

£34,000

    Total:

 

176,500

NON-PRINCIPAL SPECIAL MAINTENANCE - ADDITIONAL PROGRAMME

    The Grove, Aldershot

    (Birchett Road-Halimote Road)

Footway Resurfacing

£20,000

    Derwent Close, Farnborough

    (Ullswater Avenue-end of cul-de-sac)

Footway Resurfacing and Kerbing

£31,000

    Doreen Close, Farnborough

    (Shepherds Walk-end of cul-de-sac)

Footway Resurfacing

£10,000

    Irvine Drive, Farnborough

    (Sandy Lane-end of cul-de-sac)

Footway Resurfacing

£29,000

    Redan Road, Aldershot

    (Cemetery-no. 34)

Footway Works

£25,000

    Brookfield Road, Aldershot

    (Between Field Way Junctions)

Footway Works

£66,000

    Bellvue Road, Aldershot

    (Holly Road-Highland Road)

Footway Works

£27,500

    Malvern Road, Farnborough

    (Cambrian Way-end of cul-de-sac)

Footway Resurfacing

£15,500

    Bideford Close, Farnborough

    (Appledore Mews-Wren Way)

Footway Works

£27,000

    Total:

£251,00

NON-PRINCIPAL RESURFACING MAIN PROGRAMME

    Peabody Road, Farnborough
    (Queens Road-Lynchford Road)

Carriageway Resurfacing

£91,500

    Cross Street, Aldershot

    (Victoria Road-Upper Union Terrace)

Carriageway Resurfacing

£18,000

   

£109,500

PRINCIPAL SPECIAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME

    A324 Lower Farnham Road, Aldershot
    (Nos. 230-226)

Footway Resurfacing

£4,520

    A325 Farnborough Road, Aldershot

    (Claycart Road-Rushmoor Road)

Footway Resurfacing

£14,300

   

£18,820

SURFACE DRESSING HIGH PERFORMANCE - GROUP 2

Road

From

To

    A323 High Street, Aldershot

NAAFI Roundabout

Ordnance Road

    A323 Fleet Road, Aldershot

A325 Farnborough Road

Clubhouse Lane

    Mayfield Road, Farnborough

Prospect Road

Fernhill Road

    Boxhalls Lane, Aldershot

Lower Farnham Road

Eggars Hill

SURFACE DRESSING MINOR ROADS - GROUP 3

Road

Length

Staff Road, Aldershot

All

Hillside Road, Aldershot

All

Manor Road, Aldershot

All

Meadow Way, Aldershot

All

Green Way , Aldershot

All

Hawthorne Close, Aldershot

All

Oak Tree Close, Aldershot

All

Willow Crescent, Farnborough

All

Beta Road, Farnborough

All

Houseman Road, Farnborough

All

Kingsley Road, Farnborough

All

Marston Drive, Farnborough

All

Northcote Road, Farnborough

All

SURFACE DRESSING - FOOTWAYS

Road

Length

Larkspur Close, Aldershot

All

Shalden Road , Aldershot

All

Highclere Road, Aldershot

All

Woodcott Terrace, Aldershot

All

Prospect Avenue, Farnborough

All

Glebe Road, Farnborough

All

Blunden Road, Farnborough

All

Stubbs Moor Road, Farnborough

All

Horn Road, Farnborough

All