Decision details

Resolved:

That the Executive agree to:-

(i)

Approve the reinstatement of the 43 km of treated network, to commence on the 1^st February 2017.

(ii)

To approve the use of contingency of £33k to fund the estimated additional cost of  reinstating the 9^th gritting route from the 1^st February for the current financial year . 

(iii)

To note that future years’ reinstatement will be subject to approval of the 2017/18 budget by Full Council.

Reason:

The primary gritting routes in York are selected from the advice given in the “Well Maintained Highways, Code of Practice for Highway Maintenance”.  This incorporates three tiers of areas to be considered for inclusion in Primary Routes

The levels are typically as follows:-

Level 1 – Typically footstreets and important routes from public buildings and major shopping areas eg city centre and routes to the railway station.

Level 2 – Principal roads and other main important distributor roads, including roads carrying frequent bus services of at least one bus every 20 minutes (extended to 30 minutes) in one direction.

Level 3 – All other roads.

The selection of roads and area for treatment on Primary Routes are those normally of categories 1 and 2 including but not exclusively restricted by considerations of the following:-

·        Wider transport priorities not included above.

·        Safe and reliable access to emergency facilities including Fire and Rescue, Police, Ambulance Services and Hospitals.

·        Other public service access needs and critical infrastructure where the maintenance of access may be critical.

·        Public transport routes and access to stations, bus garages and depots.

·        Safe and reliable access to main industrial and business centres of key importance.

·        Consideration for special need for the disabled or older people ie adjacent to homes and sheltered housing.

·        Known problems, including significant gradients, exposed areas and other topological factors.

Again the selection of routes is restricted by resources not budgetary constraints and will be limited by what is “reasonably practicable” at any time.  This means that the routes highlighted here-after are those selected as Primary Routes and have met the required criteria and are of the highest priority in the City.