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HIGHWAY STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME 2020-21 - DETAILED PROGRAMME FOR KEY ROUTE NETWORK

On 24th January 2020, the Liverpool City region Combined Authority (LCRCA) set aside a sum of £5.5 million for the Key Route Network (KRN) and Wirral has now been allocated £1,069,425 of this for its KRN highway surfacing works.

 

The attached report sets out a proposed programme of surfacing works for the Wirral KRN (Appendix 1). This Member Decision will allow for contractor engagement and detailed design to commence, enabling the works to be completed in 2020/21.

 

In addition, LCRCA has received confirmation of a further award of £5 million in respect of a regional Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund bid, submitted to the Department for Transport in October 2019. Wirral will receive £500,000 from this funding for a specific maintenance project at A5088 - Poulton Bridge Road, carriageway and surface water drainage improvement.

 

The Member Decision also approves acceptance of this Challenge bid funding.

 

All funding will support the delivery of the Wirral Council Plan 2025, in particular the priority themes of ‘Working for an Inclusive Economy: Wirral residents have access to great jobs and good quality, affordable housing’ and ‘Working for a Sustainable Environment: Wirral residents live in a cleaner, greener Wirral’.

 

The maintenance of highways is a statutory duty for the Council under the Highways Act 1980 (as amended).

 

Decision type: Key

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 22/07/2020

Contact: Linda Summers (0151) 606 2267 Email: lindasummers@wirral.gov.uk.

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