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ENVIRONMENT DIRECTORATE PROGRESS JANUARY - MARCH 2015 SOUTH Summary: Environment Directorate progress against delivery of the Commissioning Plan for South Ribble in the fourth quarter of 2014/15 RIBBLE Head of Service Policy, Information and Commissioning (Live Well): Joanne Reed :[email protected] : 01772 530897 Q4 = Progress as expected = Progress not as expected CAPITAL PROGRAMME UPDATE SERVICE UPDATE PROGRESS NOT AS EXPECTED = Issues identified 11 out of 17 capital schemes, due for delivery in quarter 4, 2014/15 Capital schemes programmed for delivery in quarter 4 which have been delayed Road and Street Maintenance = Information have either been completed or are progressing as planned, and are detailed below. Local Priorities Response Fund Cann Bridge Street (South Ribble Rural East) – work to install a zebra crossing has been delayed to quarter PROGRESS AS EXPECTED 3 2015/16. A safety audit was conducted which identified some issues which require resolving prior to any works taking place. 2014/15 Capital schemes programmed for delivery in Longmeanygate Toucan Crossing near Hawthorne House – works to construct the toucan crossing have started and will be completed in quarter 1 2015/16. The delay is due to poor weather conditions. quarter 4 St Andrew's Way/Sandy Lane Junction (Leyland Central) – works to alter traffic priorities at St Andrew's Flood Risk Management and Drainage Way and Sandy Lane junction have been delayed to quarter 1 2015/16 due to other priorities arising in the Shaftsbury investigation (South Ribble Rural West) – area. Between April 2014 and March 2015, a total of 4,872 highway defects were identified by phase 1 of the investigations have been completed. Leyland Lane/Golden Hill Lane Junction (Leyland Central) – works to install a puffin crossing and MOVA Additional works will be required and are anticipated to improvements have been delayed as the previous contractor was unable to carry out the works. A new regular Highway Safety Inspections (HSI's) or reported by the public in South Ribble. Of take place in quarter 2 2015/16. contractor has been appointed and works will be carried out in due course. these defects 4,728 (97%) were repaired within 20 working days between April and March, and as such we have achieved our Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for the year. Road Safety A, B and C Roads Worden Lane/Langdale Road (Leyland Central) – works Liverpool Road, Longton from Chapel Lane to Franklands (South Ribble Rural West) – resurfacing works have commenced on site with tree cutting and initial site have been put on hold due to ongoing development works being carried out by South Ribble Borough clearance completed. Remaining works are due for Council. Works will be reprogrammed once the development works have been completed. Cross Borough Link completion during quarter 2 2015/16. The developer's transport consultant has started discussions with LCC regarding the detailed Traffic Signals design of the Cross Borough Link Road ; which will be a new road connecting Leyland Road Local Priorities Response Fund Brownedge Road/Todd Lane North and South, Lostock Hall (Bamber Bridge and Walton-Le-Dale) – the to the A6 at Hennel Lane using The Cawsey and Carwood Road to support development in Leyland to Preston footway scheme from Mosside into previous contractor was unable to deliver the works within the approved budgets and timeframes. The Preston (Leyland South West) – construction of an off the area. Further progress will be provide during quarter 1 2015/16. scheme will be delivered in 2015. road-cycling path is to be considered as part of the Leyland Loop project. Design work has commenced and works are Penwortham Bypass anticipated to take place during quarter 4 2015/16. Trading Standards The Public Consultation Report was completed and presented to the Cabinet Members for Footways Highways and Transport, and Environment, Planning and Cultural Services in March 2015. South Ribble Better Together Partnership Footway resurfacing work has been completed in the The route from Broad Oak roundabout to the A59 at Howick Cross was adopted as an A funding bid from the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Partnership has been successful. ‘Better following areas: approved route and protected from development. The adoption of the route from Broad Together in the Home’ is an initiative implemented by South Ribble Partnership aimed at improving links and o Full length of Evesham (Penwortham South) Oak roundabout to the A59 at New Longton was rescinded. Work will now move forward to knowledge across a wide range of organisations, and facilitating more effective cross-organisation referrals for o Full length of Fitchfield (Penwortham South) submitting a planning application in early 2016. residents to get them the support they need. Partners in this project include Preston Care and Repair, Progress o Full length of Heaton Close (Bamber Bridge and Housing, Lancashire Trading Standards, the Police, Chorley and South Ribble Borough Councils, and Lancashire Walton-le-Dale) Fire and Rescue. o Manor Avenue from Manor Lane to the Cuerden Strategic Investment Site A core strand of the project is to identify those most at risk from doorstep crime, burglary and theft. Partners unadopted section (Penwortham North) The Cuerden Strategic Investment Site is made up of 65 hectares of land at the end of the within the scheme deliver a range of services which include elements of prevention and reassurance. Trading M65 in South Ribble, and has the potential to create 2,500 new jobs and spark significant Full length of multiple estate roads on Walton Park Estate Standards are working with the partners to assist with the delivery of the project overall and this specific investment in Central Lancashire. The land is in close proximity to the M65, M6, and M61, (Bamber Bridge and Walton-Le-Dale) – footway slurry funded strand of the project. sealing work has now been completed. and it lies between Cuerden Valley Park and the proposed new Central Park. A masterplan Sunbed Safety has been prepared for the Cuerden site and has been adopted by South Ribble Borough Bridges Trading Standards have conducted a number of visits to sunbed salons to measure the strength of ultra violet 2 Council. Discussions are progressing with a level of detail with regard to developer's interest A principal bridge inspection report has been completed light emissions from the sunbeds. Any salon possessing sunbeds over the permitted 0.3W/m (i.e. the on the section of land that is in LCC control. in the following areas: equivalent of the Mediterranean sun at midday) will be given a period of time to rectify the situation, o Cop Lane Bridge on Goldenway (Penwortham otherwise enforcement action will be taken. 4 premises in South Ribble were inspected and 17 sunbeds tested of which 9 machines were found to exceed the 0.3W/m2 limit. The owners have been asked to rectify the North) Community Rail Partnership (CRP) Programme Improvements issues and we will conduct a follow up visit. o Hargreaves Railway Bridge in Leyland (Leyland The East Lancashire CRP has been actively engaged in talking to the 3 bidders for the Central) Northern Franchise who met with all CRPs to discuss their plans in April 15. The draft Skew Railway Bridge, Leyland Road (Penwortham South) A582 South Ribble Western Distributor Franchise Agreement for the Northern Franchise dictates that the successful bidder has to – bridge design work has been completed. Network Rail The widening improvement works on Golden Way North have been completed and works have commenced to allocate a minimum investment per annum to support the 19 CRPs across the north of have taken the design to a convenient point and will widen Golden Way South (Cop Lane to Broad Oak roundabout). Works have also commenced on the England. The 4 CRPs covered by Community Rail Lancashire have had detailed conversations review it when required. At this point no further works are improvement of Stansfield roundabout with completion expected in autumn 2015. The public consultation for with the bidders so far. required. the route for the widening of the A582 has taken place. It is anticipated that the consultation report will be Plans are also currently being developed for the further improvement of Bamber Bridge presented to the Cabinet Member in June 2015. station. 2014/15 South Ribble Capital Programme: Ongoing Works 2014/15 Capital Programme Summary 32 schemes (78%) of South Ribble's capital programme planned for delivery in 2014/15 were completed. 9 capital schemes were not able to be completed by the end of 2014/15 and have therefore been carried over into 2015/16. Updates for these 9 schemes are detailed below: .