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Hampshire County Council Havant Highway and Transport Advisory Panel 29 March 2006 Highway Maintenance Programmes 2005/06 and 2006/07 Report of the Director of Environment |
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Contact: Peter Mitchell, tel 023 92446159 email: [email protected]
1. Summary
1.1 This report outlines:
(i) progress with the 2005/06 Highway Maintenance Programme;
(ii) details of the 2006/07 Highway Maintenance budget; and
(iii) details of the 2006/07 Highway 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 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.
2.4 Members of the public can contact the highways offices on 0845 8504422. The Hampshire Highways website http://www.hants.gov.uk/highways/ contains a wide range of information relating to highway works, including highway policies, fact sheets on various highway activities and also online forms for reporting defects and requesting services, such as dropped crossings for driveways.
3. Progress with the 2005/06 Highway Maintenance Programme
Revenue Maintenance Programme
3.1 The total allocation for Havant for 2005/06 is £669,000. Progress throughout the year has been in line with the overall 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 Havant for 2005/06 is £530,000. The programme is nearing completion and will be delivered within time 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. Highway Maintenance Budget 2006/07
4.1 The Highway Maintenance budget for 2006/07, approved by the Executive Member for Environment: South Hampshire and Resource Management, is £51,495,000. This sum comprises £24,132,000 revenue funding and £27,363,000 funding from the capital programme provision.
4.2 This allocation includes an additional £2,989,000 for capital maintenance which has been allocated across the county. The additional schemes that this will fund are identified separately in the proposed programmes.
5. Highway Maintenance Programme 2006/07
Revenue Maintenance Programme
5.1 As previously described, the revenue maintenance programme funds three main areas of highway maintenance:
(i) reactive minor repair works on the road, cycleway and footway network;
(ii) maintenance of traffic signs and road markings; and
(iii) the environmental aspects of highway maintenance, including grass cutting, weed treatment and tree and shrub maintenance.
5.2 The total allocation for Havant for 2006/07 is £637,000. The budget allocations for 2006/07 are 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 gully emptying, winter maintenance, routine bridge maintenance and `A' road routine maintenance.
Capital Maintenance Programme
5.4 The funding allocation for the capital maintenance programme is based on the Highway Assessment Maintenance Priorities (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 2006/07 capital maintenance programme will differ from the 2005/06 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 2006/07 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. Impact Assessments
6.1 This report provides a position statement only, therefore an impact assessment in terms of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act has not been undertaken.
Recommendation
That this report be noted.
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APPENDIX 1
HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS HAVANT
2005/06 Original Allocation £ |
2005/06 Amended Allocation £ |
Commitment (to 15/03/06) | |||
£ |
% | ||||
Revenue Budget |
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Routine Maintenance (carriageway, footway repairs) |
£170,000 |
£246,000 |
£265,369 |
108 | |
Gully Cleansing |
£5,000 |
£5,000 |
£5,000 |
100 | |
Aids to Movement (signs and road markings) |
£74,000 |
£76,000 |
£79,931 |
105 | |
Environmental (grass, trees, shrubs) |
£215,000 |
£215,000 |
£215,000 |
100 | |
Weed Control |
£51,000 |
£52,000 |
£47,763 |
92 | |
Hazard Clearance |
£75,000 |
£75,000 |
£57,957 |
77 | |
Total |
£590,000 |
£669,000 |
£671,020 |
100 | |
Capital Budget Principal Roads |
|||||
Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs |
£15,000 |
£15,000 |
£12,136 |
81 | |
Principal Roads Special Maintenance |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
N/A | |
Principal Roads Resurfacing |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
N/A | |
Total |
£15,000 |
£15,000 |
£12,136 |
81 | |
Capital Budget Non-Principal Roads |
|||||
Non-Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs |
£358,000 |
£358,000 |
£357,192 |
100 | |
Non-Principal Roads Special Maintenance |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
N/A | |
Non-Principal Roads Resurfacing |
£25,000 |
£62,000 |
£78,726 |
127 | |
Additional Footway Maintenance (£3.5m) |
£30,000 |
£30,000 |
£33,344 |
111 | |
Carriageway Haunch & Resurfacing (£3.5m) |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£30,385 |
61 | |
Non-Principal Roads Tactile Paving Crossing Points |
£15,000 |
£15,000 |
£15,142 |
101 | |
Total |
£478,000 |
£515,000 |
£514,789 |
100 | |
Total Maintenance Budget Allocation for Havant |
£1,083,000 |
£1,199,000 |
£1,197,945 |
100 | |
APPENDIX 3
HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS HAVANT
2005/06 Original Allocation £ |
2006/07 Original Allocation £ |
||
Revenue Budget |
|||
Routine Maintenance (carriageway, footway repairs) |
£170,000 |
£214,000 |
|
Gully Cleansing |
£5,000 |
£6,000 |
|
Aids to Movement (signs and road markings) |
£74,000 |
£75,000 |
|
Environmental (grass, trees, shrubs) |
£215,000 |
£215,000 |
|
Weed Control |
£51,000 |
£52,000 |
|
Hazard Clearance |
£75,000 |
£75,000 |
|
Total |
£590,000 |
£637,000 |
|
Capital Budget Principal Roads |
|||
Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs |
£15,000 |
£18,000 |
|
Principal Roads Special Maintenance |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Principal Roads Resurfacing |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Total |
£15,000 |
£18,000 |
|
Capital Budget Non-Principal Roads |
|||
Non-Principal Roads Routine Structural Repairs |
£358,000 |
£367,000 |
|
Non-Principal Roads Special Maintenance |
Nil |
£175,000 |
|
Non-Principal Roads Resurfacing |
£25,000 |
£224,000 |
|
Additional Footway Maintenance (£3m) |
£30,000 |
£284,000 |
|
Carriageway Haunch & Resurfacing (£3m) |
£50,000 |
Nil |
|
Non-Principal Roads Tactile Paving Crossing Points |
£15,000 |
£15,000 |
|
Total |
£478,000 |
£1,065,000 |
|
Total Maintenance Budget Allocation for Havant |
£1,083,000 |
£1,720,000 |