Issue - meetings

The Director of Transport and Technical Services informed the meeting that the revenue budget expenditure would be lower than outlined in the report.  A virement would be requested to reflect the lower level of spend. 

1.1.        That approval be given to use the budgets set out in Section 4.5 of the report to maintain and improve the Council’s lighting assets, using the existing public lighting term contractor.

1.2.        That approval be given for capital replacement of columns that have reached the end of their serviceable life based on structural condition testing (an indicative programme for the replacement of older columns is attached in Appendices 1 and 2).

1.3.        That authority to make amendments to the capital replacement programme as set out in Appendices 1 and 2 of the report  for operational and cost effectiveness reasons, in order to make the optimum use of resources, be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and  Residents Services in conjunction with the Bi-borough Director of Transport and Highways.