Issue - meetings

Two separate petitions have been received calling for works to be carried out to the highway at The Horseshoe and Muncastergate. The Executive Member for Transport and Planning is recommended to note the petitions and consider the detail of this report as well as the conclusions drawn.

Resolved:

(i)      That the petitions detailed in paragraph 5 of the report be noted.

(ii)      That the detail of the report  and the conclusions drawn in paragraphs 13 and 14 of the report be noted.

Reason:To ensure the effective delivery of funding to address key  priorities across the cities highway network

The Executive Member considered a report which provided an update in relation to two petitions which had been received calling for works to be carried out to the highway at The Horseshoe in Dringhouses and Muncastergate.

Councillor Mason addressed the meeting as Ward Councillor for Dringhouses and Woodthorpe in relation to The Horseshoe petition. He advised that residents had been concerned about the safety in the Horseshoe for some time but were concerned that it would take some time to get to the top of the list and requested that action be taken as soon as possible.

The Executive Member considered the outputs of the inspections shown at Annex 1 and detailed in paragraphs 9 to 12 of the report. He noted that a further review would take place following the 2017 inspection and any identified schemes would be considered for the 2018/19 highways programme. He acknowledged that routine highway safety inspections would identify any actionable defects that required repairs and routine maintenance funding would address these defects but that no further work was scheduled in the 2017/18 highways programme at both locations and no further options were available at this time.

Officers explained that inspections in respect of next year’s programme would take place over the next few months. The Horseshoe and the adopted section of Muncastergate would be looked at again as part of consideration of the results of the annual conditions surveys.

The Executive Member acknowledged that all roads in the city were assessed and prioritised on a regular basis to ensure that required work was carried out in a fair manner.

Resolved:

(i)      That the petitions detailed in paragraph 5 of the report be noted.

(ii)      That the detail of the report and the conclusions drawn in paragraphs 13 and 14 of the report be noted.

Reason:To ensure the effective delivery of funding to address key priorities across the cities highway network