Purpose

This report requests approval for the
disbursement of grant funding from the Liverpool City Region
Combined Authority’s (LCRCA) City Region Sustainable
Transport Settlement (CRSTS) for 2025/26 into the Council’s
Capital Programme for Highways Structural Maintenance and Bridge
Maintenance. Requested to approve proposed programme of
works.

Decision

Resolved – That

 

(1) 
the proposed programme of works for Wirral’s Carriageways,
Footway Improvements and Bridge Maintenance for 2025/26 be
approved, using any relevant grant funding allocated to the Council
by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority in the City Region
Sustainable Transport Settlement - Highways Structural Maintenance
allocation, and the spending of the associated grant funding on
these works, once accepted by the Council’s Section 151
Officer, as set out in Appendix 2 to this report;
 

(2) 
the indicative Red, Amber, Green rated highway network condition
matrix as set out in Appendix 4 to this report be approved, to be
used by the Director of Neighbourhood Services as one of the
decision tools when developing the Council’s highway
structural maintenance programmes.

 

(3) 
the Director of Neighbourhood Services be authorised to revise
or amend the delivery or implementation of the work programmes, as
deemed necessary, having due regard for the available resources and
applicable risk-based prioritisation of locations selected for
intervention and treatment, in consultation with the Chair and
Party Spokespersons of the Environment, Climate Emergency and
Transport Committee; and

 

(4) 
the Director of Law and Corporate Services be authorised to
negotiate and finalise any grant funding agreements on behalf of
the council, amongst the relevant subject areas over the next 3
years, as set out in Appendix 1 to this report and for any
additional grant funding received during this period relevant to
the subject area.