Decision details

In the absence of Councillor Fairclough, it was moved by Councillor Moncur, seconded by Councillor Maher and unanimously

RESOLVED:

This Council instructs the Chief Executive to write to the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency and the Secretary of State for Transport with regard to the lack of interest shown by the Highways Agency to the many requests from Local Ward Councillors (Ford, Linacre, Church, Litherland, Netherton and Orrell, and St. Oswald) highlighting their concerns regarding the A5036 (Dunnings Bridge Road Corridor).

These concerns are the Health and Safety of the pedestrians, the lack of grass cutting, the lack of weed spraying, the disgraceful condition of the environmental barriers, the complete disregard to the many flooding issues and the surface of the highway.

The Highways Agency should take full regard to the importance of the A5036 as a major gateway into the Borough and with over 40,000 vehicle movements a day, the Borough of Sefton is being short changed by the Highways Agency.

Furthermore, this Council also requests a letter be sent to Joe Benton, MP requesting him to raise the disgraceful condition of the A5036 with the Secretary of State for Transport at the earliest possible occasion.