Issue - decisions

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to;

(i)         Note the report.

(ii)        Note the main recommendations in the Code of Practice 'Well Lit Highway' 2005, and note and approve the current progress towards meeting these recommendations, as set out in Annex 1.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:      The Council, as Highway Authority, has a legal duty to maintain the highway.  The Code of Practice may be considered to be a relevant consideration when the authority is the subject of claims or legal action by those seeking to establish non-compliance with these legal duties.