Contact: Helen Ackerman, tel 01962 857806

email: [email protected]

1. Summary

1.1 The following decisions are sought:

(i) That the revised transport capital programme, as set out in Appendix 5, be approved.

(ii) That the rescheduled schemes identified in section 7.2-7.6 of the report be approved.

(iii) That the final costs of completed (financial) schemes, as set out in Appendix 6, be noted.

2. Reason

2.1 The capital programme is regularly monitored in terms of expenditure and delivery forecasts. Corrective action is taken, when necessary, to control expenditure within approved cash limits.

3. Other Options Considered and Rejected

3.1 The amendments have been produced in order to make best use of funding available in the light of changes to scheme costs and programme dates. The option to delete or delay schemes has not been taken at this time. A review of the four year programme is underway to ensure that the best possible allocation of resources is made across the programme.

4. Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Decision Maker or Other Executive Member Consulted - None.

5. Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee - None.

6. Reason(s) for the Matter being dealt with if Urgent - None.

Approved by: Date:

Councillor M J Kendal

Executive Member for Environment

Contact: Helen Ackerman, tel 01962 857806

email: [email protected]

1. Summary

1.1 This report provides a further update on the Environment Department capital programme position for 2007/08. Details are correct to end of July 2007.

(i) Waste Management Programme;

(ii) Environmental Improvement Programmes;

(iii) Structural Maintenance of Principal and Non-Principal Roads Programmes;

(iv) Bridge Strengthening and Maintenance Programmes; and

(v) Local Transport Plan (LTP) Integrated Transport Programme (including developer funded projects).

1.2 The programme monitoring shows a satisfactory position for this stage in the year, although there have been seven projects rescheduled to later integrated transport programmes.

1.3 The Environment capital programme includes many diverse projects that are designed to enhance safety or improve access to services. Many of these also aim to manage congestion and air pollution, and all projects are designed to respect local distinctiveness. Decisions made in relation to the capital programme will therefore support the Council's priorities.

2. Recommendations

2.1 That the revised transport capital programme, as set out in Appendix 5, be approved.

2.2 That the rescheduled schemes identified in section 7.2-7.6 of this report be approved.

2.3 That the final costs of completed (financial) schemes, as set out in Appendix 6, be noted.

3. Waste Management Programme 2007/08

3.1 The 2007/08 waste management capital programme totals £1,112,000 including £64,000 for facilities management and £1,048,000 towards the household waste recycling centre (HWRC) improvement programme. A summary of the programme including expenditure carried forward from previous years' starts programmes is set out in Appendix 1.

3.2 Satisfactory progress on delivery and expenditure of the Facilities Management programme is being made at Somerley, Bramshill and Casbrook. This programme supports the department's aims for pollution control at landfill sites and closed sites.

3.3 During 2007/08 the main priority for the Household (Waste) Recycling Centre programme is to progress the provision of a new centre to serve the Andover area. Planning consent was granted in May 2007 but construction is not planned until spring 2008. Planning conditions need to be addressed and negotiations with the landowner are still to be resolved. Additionally, the chalk ground conditions mean that a winter start would be unadvisable. The new site should be operational by autumn 2008.

3.4 Other projects include expansion and improvements to Casbrook, Marchwood, Aldershot, Hartley Wintney and Fair Oak. These schemes may take up to four years to complete. Speed of progress depends on many factors, the most significant being land acquisition.

4. Environmental Improvements Programme 2007/08

4.1 This programme comprises the Regeneration of Older Urban Areas Initiative (ROUA), the Country Towns Initiative (CTI) and Hampshire Villages Initiative (HVI). An overview of the programme is attached as Appendix 2.

4.2 Delivery of the programme is generally progressing well and projects are running to programme within planned expenditure levels. Exceptions include the HVI scheme in Binsted Village, where development of the project is on hold while negotiation with the village community continues, and CTI projects at Hythe Promenade and The Bury, Odiham, where the schemes are completed but the final bills are expected to take the total costs over their budget levels. Any increases will be contained within the overall CTI programme level. The delivery of the joint LTP and ROUA scheme at Rumbridge Street, Totton has encountered significant delays whilst detailed investigations take place into remedying poor ground conditions and drainage. Subject to the outcome of this work the scheme is now expected to commence in 2008.

5. Structural Maintenance of Principal and Non-Principal Roads Programmes 2007/08

5.1 This programme funds structural maintenance on all of Hampshire's highway assets, including those on roads, pavements, bridges, drainage, safety fencing, etc. The programme is diverse and extensive, being delivered by the Area Teams mainly through the Term Maintenance Contract. An overview of the budgets is listed in Appendix 3a and larger maintenance schemes (over £100,000) is attached as Appendix 3b.

5.2 Monitoring of the programme indicates that delivery is progressing satisfactorily with the exception of the surface dressing programme. The existing Term Maintenance Contract will finish at the end of this financial year and arrangements are in hand to ensure that all work and the relevant financial issues are resolved smoothly and as soon as possible after the contractual obligations have been met. The new contract arrangements include a lead-in and handover period in order to make the transition as smooth as possible.

5.3 Below is an overview of the type and number of maintenance schemes being undertaken this year.

Road Schemes

5.4 Following a slow start to the surface dressing programme, owing to the wet weather and other factors, the programme should be completed (currently 80% complete) by the end of the summer. Of the 130 resurfacing and reconstruction schemes, averaging £50,000 per scheme, 19 have been completed to date. Of the 290 surface dressing schemes, repairing approximately 240 kilometres (2.5% of the county network), approximately 80% have been completed to date.

Footway Schemes

5.5 Of the 130 footway resurfacing and reconstruction schemes, averaging £25,000 per scheme and repairing 21 kilometres (0.4% of the county's surfaced footways), approximately 26% have been completed to date.

Drainage

5.6 Of the 35 drainage schemes in the programme, averaging £50,000 per scheme, one has been completed to date. The remaining programme is progressing to schedule.

Major Maintenance

5.7 The A3023 Hayling Island preliminary design, £50,000, is progressing to programme. The M327 Minley, £1.25 million, is on site and due to complete in the autumn.

5.8 The A35 Lyndhurst Gyratory Phase 1, £250,000, will not go ahead in its entirety owing to a major consultation exercise about transport infrastructure in Lyndhurst by the Environment and Transportation Select Committee. To avoid abortive costs in the maintenance programme, the resurfacing element of this project has been withdrawn and a smaller £50,000 reconstruction project will be undertaken to address the immediate maintenance problems. The resurfacing element will be completed as part of future improvement works resulting from the consultation exercise.

6. Bridge Strengthening and Maintenance Programmes 2007/08

6.1 Programme monitoring indicates satisfactory overall progress towards delivery of the projects, with the exception of three schemes in the Bridge Strengthening/Replacement programme:

(i) Westwood Gardens, Chandler's Ford £10,000, which has been deferred to the 2008/09 programme;

(ii) Ivel Hayes (Bull Hill) New Forest £20,000; and

(iii) Foxcotte Lane, Test Valley £20,000

which are both due to start in May 2008.

These three projects have been replaced with Aldern bridge in Basingstoke which has been brought forward for a March start.

6.2 One new bridge maintenance scheme has been added into the programme. The Malt House bridge in Crookham Village, Hart is in need of urgent embankment stabilising works. This is an existing problem that has been exacerbated by the recent wet weather. Works will cost in the region of £120,000 and will be met from within the existing allocations.

6.3 A summary of the programme is set out in Appendix 4.

7. Local Transport Plan (LTP) Integrated Transport Programme

7.1 Delivery of the programme is progressing satisfactorily and expenditure levels are as expected. A summary of the proposed programme is attached as Appendix 5.

Rescheduling of Schemes in the 2007/08 Programme

7.2 Since setting the programme in January the following schemes, which are mostly externally funded, are now not planned to start in 2007/08.

7.3 New Road, New Street, Basingstoke. £400,000 external funding

This scheme is reliant on the completion and availability of the Basingstoke Traffic Model to fully assess the implications of a contra- flow bus lane and revision of the proposed one-way system. Problems with the validation of the Model have delayed its availability and as a result the programme for this scheme has been reassessed. At this time it is proposed that the scheme be deferred to 2008/09.

7.4 Whitchurch Highway Environmental Improvements. £50,000 LTP, £50,000 CTI, £60,000 external funding

The proposed start date for this scheme is spring 2008. Development of this scheme has been dependent upon confirmation of SEEDA match- funding for related improvements in the area. This was not received until June, but the highway improvements are now progressing well and the project is on schedule for an early 2008 start. It is therefore proposed to reschedule this project to the 2008/09 starts programme.

7.5 Winchester Park and Ride. £5.6 million LTP, £143,000 external funding Planning Permission was granted in July and approval from the Government Office for the South East is expected in September. The slight delay in approvals has resulted in the archaeology excavations and ecology (reptile) surveys to be postponed to summer 2008 as these works are seasonal. The main contract is planned to begin late 2008. It is therefore proposed that this scheme be rescheduled to 2008/09 to take into account the delayed start.

7.6 A27 Botley Road, Hedge End, Bus Access. £315,000 LTP, £60,000 external funding

This project is proposed to be withdrawn as the provision of a bus service could not be agreed with bus operators. A replacement project for transport improvements in Hedge End is being developed for delivery in 2009/10.

New Scheme Entering the Programme

7.7 Botley Road, Burridge - Traffic Calming. £34,000 external funding

This scheme is proposed to be added to the programme to address speed and related accidents and provide four informal crossing points to assist pedestrians. The scheme is planned to be complete by the end of November.

Final Cost of Capital Schemes Completed (financially) so far in 2007/08

7.8 In accordance with the County Council's Financial Procedures, the final costs of schemes completed (financially) so far in 2007/08 are listed in Appendix 6. `Completed' in this context means when the final payment has been made. Some of these schemes may have been in operation prior to April 2007 but the final payment was only made in 2007/08.

7.9 One apparent underspend identified in Appendix 6 is Leigh Road Corridor, Eastleigh. Although the total approval was £628,000, £378,000 of this was directly funded by Eastleigh Borough Council, and as the Borough Council organised the works this funding did not come through the County Council's accounts. The project appraisal in December 2005 approved County Council funding of £250,000. The final expenditure reported is £247,000 against the County Council funding.

Summary of changes to the LTP Programme

7.10 The following table sets out the changes to the LTP capital programme, including external funding:

8. Impact Assessments

8.1 The proposals in this report are derived from the departmental service plans and LTP objectives, and are in accordance with the budget strategy and the County Council's financial management policy. The proposals are not considered to be discriminatory.

9. Conclusion

9.1 This report proposes the approval of a number of amendments to the 2007/08 Environment capital programme.

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APPENDIX 1

WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

APPENDIX 2

Environmental Improvements Programme Overview

APPENDIX 3a

APPENDIX 3b

List of the larger Capital Maintenance Schemes over £100k

APPENDIX 4

APPENDIX 5

Integrated Transport Capital Programme for 2007/08

APPENDIX 6

Final Cost of capital schemes completed so far in 2007/08

* £628,000 latest approved cost includes £378,000 Eastleigh Borough Council funding. Final costs relate only to Hampshire County Council expenditure.