The Economy, Infrastructure and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee is scheduled to consider its work programme for the upcoming year and review the council's approach to traffic and network management. The committee will also receive updates on flood risk management and consider responses to previous recommendations.

Traffic and Network Management Plan

A key item on the agenda is the proposed Traffic and Network Management Plan. This plan is intended to outline the council's strategy for managing the road network and traffic flow across Staffordshire. The report pack indicates that this discussion will cover the objectives and proposed actions within this plan.

Work Programme

The committee is set to review its work programme for the 2025-26 period. This will involve looking at the planned activities and priorities for the committee over the coming year, as detailed in the document 2025-26 Economy Infrastructure and Communities OS Committee - Work Programme . This review will help ensure the committee is focusing on the most important issues for the local economy, infrastructure, and communities.

Flood Risk Management

The committee will also be presented with notes from a Flood Risk Management Information Session. This session likely provided an overview of current flood risks within Staffordshire and the strategies in place to manage them. The discussion is expected to cover the information shared during this session, which is detailed in Appendix 3 - Notes of the Flood Risk Management Information Session - Economy Infrastructure and Co .

Responses to Recommendations

The committee is scheduled to consider responses to previous recommendations made by the council. This includes an executive response regarding procurement, detailed in Appendix 2 - Response to recommendation regarding procurement - 23.10.25 . This item suggests a review of how the council has acted upon suggestions from previous scrutiny activities.

The committee will also look at Appendix 1 - Network Management Working Group - Executive Response , which indicates a follow-up on recommendations from the Network Management Working Group.