Issue - meetings

Notice of Motion - condition of pavements in Eastbourne

 

 

Meeting: 11/02/2019 - Lead Member for Transport and Environment (Item 40)

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Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport

Minutes:

40.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport.

 

DECISIONS

 

40.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED to (1) recommend County Council reject the motion submitted by Councillors Rodohan and Swansborough; and

(2) advise all County Councillors that the County Council has a maintenance programme for pavements and that any concerns about the condition of any roads or pavements in their divisions should be reported to their respective Highway Steward.

 

Reasons

 

40.3     The County Council adopts an Asset Management approach to the maintenance of roads and pavements as advocated by the Department for Transport.  In doing so, maintenance is informed by an Asset Plan that prioritises maintenance on the basis of need and risk across the county. 

 

40.4     The County Council’s Asset Plan is informed by Highway Steward routine inspections as well as reports received from Councillors and members of the public.  In determining maintenance requirements the County Council publishes intervention criteria that define maintenance triggers.