= Progress as expected ENVIRONMENT DIRECTORATE PROGRESS – : QUARTER 4 JANUARY - MARCH 2014 = Progress not as expected

Summary: Environment Directorate progress against delivery of the Commissioning Plan for South Ribble in the fourth quarter of 2013/14 = Issues identified

Assistant Director of Commissioning: Joanne Reed : joanne.reed@.gov.uk : 01772 530897 = Information

SERVICE UPDATE CAPITAL PROGRAMME UPDATE

2013/14 CAPITAL PROGRAMME END OF YEAR SUMMARY Road and Street Maintenance: Pothole Repair Environment and Community Projects

33 schemes (83%) of South Ribble's capital programme planned for delivery in 2013/14 were completed. The capital Hall Wood works for 5 schemes are ongoing. The team have been working with South Ribble

An update for these 5 schemes is detailed on the reverse Borough Council to improve access within Farington Hall Wood in Leyland. Contractors have rebuilt 169 metres of footpath within the woodland, replacing edging and laying new stone. A new PROGRESS AS EXPECTED ditch crossing and steps have reconnected the In 2013/14, 97.2% of the potholes, identified through Highway Safety 2013/14 Capital schemes programmed for delivery in quarter 4 paths, allowing residents to enjoy this important Inspections (HSI) across Lancashire, were repaired within a 30 day recreational resource. period. Therefore the 90% target was achieved. In South Ribble, 4,214 6 out of 11 capital schemes, due for delivery in quarter 4, have either been completed or are progressing as planned, and potholes were identified during 2013/14 by HSIs. Of which 4,205 (99.8%) are detailed below. For details of the remaining schemes please see the 'Progress not as Expected' section. Paradise Park were repaired within 30 days. Proposals for the revision of the defect LCC have continued to work with South Ribble Local Priorities Response Fund maintenance indicator will be taken to Cabinet Committee for Performance Borough Council and The Conservation o Church Road (Leyland Central) – carriageway resurfacing works have been completed. Improvement (CCPI) for approval in June. Volunteers, supporting the Friends of Paradise Flood Risk Management and Drainage Park in Moss Side Leyland. The group has recently o Prospect Avenue in (Farington) – highway flooding investigations have been completed and undertaken the clearing of blocked dykes, which findings have been reported to the South Ribble Making Space for Water group. have contributed to the poor drainage of the park in Local Sustainable Transport Fund o Longmeanygate in Midge Hall Moss Side (Leyland South West) - drainage repairs and access improvement which a 5 tonne excavator was employed for 2 works have been completed. days to assist with the work. The group are holding o Improved cycle links around - works are ongoing and regular work sessions, with a Tuesday and are progressing as expected with delivery anticipated by the end of Capital schemes carried over from previous quarters for delivery in quarter 4 2013/14 Saturday event each month. quarter 1 2014/15. o A6/A49/B5258 junction improvements - designs to provide enhanced Road Safety traffic responsive signals, pedestrian and cyclist route improvements, o A59 M6 junction to BAE Salmesbury - works to extend the cycle path on the A59 from the M6 junction to Potter and public transport interchange facilities are complete. Works have Lane, which will include improvements to the Bezza Lane bridleway and the entrance to BAE for cyclists are almost started on site, with delivery anticipated by the end of quarter 1 2014/15. complete with signing and lining works to be finalised during early quarter 1 2014 . Cureden Strategic Site

Bridges Development at this site is now linked to a Community Rail Partnership (CRP) Programme Improvements o Fowler Lane Bridge (Farington) – works on this bridge have now been completed. The outstanding guard rail has Lancashire County Development Limited (LCDL) The new booking office at the station has just been completed by Northern also been installed. commissioned masterplan which is currently being Rail and work continues to progress the Access for All scheme to provide

undertaken by a company called AECOM. A draft level access to all platforms. Urban Unclassified Statement of Principles have been produced by o Alder Drive/Hayfield Drive between Birch Crescent to Hayfield Close (South Ribble Rural East) – AECOM and commented on by officers of LCDL and carriageway resurfacing works have been completed. Environment Directorate. The masterplan is now Tardy Gate expected to be completed by June 2014. The The area suffers from congestion and poor air quality and has a high level outcomes of the masterplan should offer greater of pedestrian activity. There are three signal junctions within 180m which PROGRESS NOT AS EXPECTED certainty to the type and scale of development currently operate on independent timing systems. Improvements to the envisaged by LCC and South Ribble Borough network in the area will see the junctions updated, including full co- 2013/14 capital schemes programmed for delivery in quarter 4 which have been delayed Council. Highway discussions with AECOM and the ordination between the three signal junctions and improved pedestrian Local Priorities Response Fund Highways Agency are continuing. facilities. Options to reduce the congestion in the area are being o Leyland Tiger Junction (Leyland South West) - MOVA improvements (control of traffic light signals at the considered and it is hoped that a appropriate design for the works will be isolated junctions) has been delayed to quarter 2 2014/15 as the scheme was a late introduction to the 13/14 finalised during 2014/15. programme as resources became available. The designs are currently being developed. o Longmeanygate Toucan Crossing near Hawthorne House (Leyland South West) – the scope of the works Central Lancashire Highways and Transport have changed and design work is now to take into account a new cycle and pedestrian route. Consultations will be Masterplan Trading Standards required and its anticipated that these will be carried out by quarter 2 2014/15.

Capital schemes carried over from previous quarters for delivery in quarter 4 2013/14 which have now been Work is continuing to deliver the Masterplan and Animal Health delayed four of the schemes on the A582 corridor which will In January 2014 auditors from the European Food and Veterinary Office Road Safety start in 2014/15. In quarter 1 improvements to the conducted an audit in relation to the implementation of animal feed o St Patrick's School on Higher Walton Road in Walton Le Dale (South Ribble Rural East) – works to install a Chain House Lane junction to increase capacity is controls in the UK. As part of this process the services' Lead Animal Feed zebra crossing have been delayed to quarter 2 2014/15 to allow approval to be sought for the speed limit to be anticipated to start in May 2014, and the dual Officer attended a meeting in Sefton to represent the North West Region reduced before the scheme could be implemented. carriageway conversion of Golden Way from Cop and was interviewed regarding the implementation of controls in Lane to the Ribble Bridge (partially funded by Lancashire. Following the interview the auditors visited 2 feed businesses Local Priorities Response Fund Department for Transport Pinch Point funding), is in Hyndburn and South Ribble, to assess the effectiveness of controls. o St Andrew's Way/Sandy Lane Junction (Leyland Central) - works to alter priorities at St Andrew's Way/Sandy anticipated to start in June 2014. Following These visits were carried out with a representative of the Food Standards Lane junction and to install a splitter island have been programmed for quarter 1/2 2014/15 due to changes to the satisfactory progress and completion, the junction Agency (FSA), the lead feed officer, and the officers responsible for area since the scheme was proposed. at Stanifield Lane will be signalled, and the controls at the businesses. Both visits went well and the feedback from the remainder of Golden Way, south of Cop Lane, will Bridges auditors and the FSA on the day was very favourable with regard to how be converted into a dual carriageway. o Skew Railway Sumpter Bridge on Leyland Road ( South) - Network Rail is delivering this scheme the services from each district implements the controls.

and we are still awaiting their programme of works.

2013/14 SOUTH RIBBLE CAPITAL PROGRAMME: ONGOING WORKS

33 schemes (83%) of South Ribble's capital programme planned for delivery in 2013/14 were completed. The capital works for 5 schemes are ongoing.

An update for these 5 schemes is detailed below.

The bridges capital programme is made up of multiyear schemes therefore the following schemes from the original 2013 work programme will continue into 2014:

Details of the scheme/s that have been cancelled / are to be reconsidered during a future year's capital programme: