The purpose of this report is to seek approval to the proposed Highway Winter Service Operational Plan and arrangements for 2022/23.

Under Section 111 of the Railways and Transport Act 2003, the council, as local highway authority for Wirral, has a duty ‘to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that safe passage along a highway is not endangered by snow or ice’.

One of the key themes in the Wirral Plan 2021-26 is to provide safe and pleasant communities. By generally making roads safer for road users, this operational plan will contribute to a key theme set out within the current Wirral Plan.

This matter affects all Wards.

This matter does not require a Key Decision.