Purpose

Cabinet approved the 2024/25 Highway Block of
the Capital Programme in March 2024 which included the indicative
Department for Transport highway maintenance grant funding of
£28.811m and £3.661m additional funds for 2024/25
announced by the Government in October 2023 as part of the Network
North fund.
 
It is proposed to 
add  an additional £5m to be spent
on priority areas, as described below. The funding is being made
available through the application of capital receipts which have
been achieved at higher levels than factored into the capital
programme and revenue budget under the existing flexibilities.
 
This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the
provisions of Standing Order C20 have been complied with.
Compliance with Standing Orders C18 and C19 was not possible due to
the additional funds and priority areas only now being
confirmed.

Content

The Cabinet approved the recommendation(s) as
set out in the report.
 
This decision should be implemented
immediately for the purposes of Standing Order C28 as any delay
could adversely affect the execution of the county council's
responsibilities.  The reason for this
is to ensure work starts immediately in May to ensure priority
areas are addressed.