Issue - meetings

This report presents a review of how the current concrete column stock is deteriorating, how the street lighting team are currently managing the risk and proposes the implementation of a replacement programme of age expired concrete columns.

Resolved: That the findings of the review be noted and the column replacement programme in its present form be approved.

  Reason:  Council Officers and the specialist structural engineer consider that the identified columns represent a credible risk of structural failing or collapse. The manufacturers’ serviceable life of a concrete column is 20 years. The City of York Council has not installed any concrete columns since 1997 and there are no records of installation dates.  However from testing information some columns date back to 1970.

The Executive Member received a report which presented him with a review of how the current column stock was deteriorating and how the street lighting team were currently managing the risk. The review proposed the implementation of a replacement programme of age expired concrete columns.

The Executive Member took into consideration a written representation, submitted by Councillor Ayre prior to the meeting. This was a petition which called for the removal of a lamp post from its current location due to safety concerns. Officers stated that they would bring a report back to a future meeting regarding the petition.

Resolved: That the findings of the review be noted and approval given to the column replacement programme as outlined.

  Reason:  Council Officers and the specialist structural engineer consider that the identified columns represent an increased but not immediate risk of structural failing or collapse. The manufacturers’ serviceable life of a concrete column is 20 years. The City of York Council has not installed any concrete columns since 1997 and there are no records of installation dates.  However from testing information some columns date back to 1970.