Decision details

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Built Environment which provided details of proposals for the inclusion of the £380,965 allocated to Sefton from the Department of Transport ‘Pothole Fund’, in the Councils 2014/15 Capital programme, to be allocated on the basis of priorities agreed by the Cabinet Member for Transportation.

Decision Made:

That:

(1)       the Council be recommended to given approval to ‘Pothole Fund’ resource of £380,965 being incorporated into the Council’s Capital Programme for 2014/15;

(2)       the additional projects set out in Appendix A to the report be included in the previously approved Highways Maintenance Programme 2014/15 inorder to utilise the additional ‘Pothole Fund’ allocation; and

(3)       it be noted that the proposal was a Key Decision but had not been included inthe Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions. Consequently,the Leader of the Council and the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Environmental Services) had been consulted under Rule 27 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Constitution, to the decision being made by the Cabinet as a matter of urgency on the basis that it was impracticable to defer the decision until the commencement of the next Forward Plan because delayed implementation of the programme of highway maintenance would place at risk the Councils ability to fully utilise the resource allocated.

Reason for Decision:

The resources allocated are capital and thus must be incorporated into the Council’s Capital Programme.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

None.