Highways Maintenance & Transport Capital Programme Update: October ‐ December 2015 Progress against delivery of the Capital Programme for West in the third quarter of 2015/16 Head of Service Policy, Information and Commissioning (Live Well): Joanne Reed :[email protected] : 01772 530897 Quarter 3

Highways Maintenance Capital Programme Update Progress Not As Expected Road and Street Maintenance

12 out of 17 capital schemes, due for delivery in quarter 3, have either Footways been completed, or are progressing as planned, and are detailed below.  Footway resurfacing works have been For details of the remaining scheme please see the 'Progress not as cancelled after an inspection by LCC expected' section. highways engineers deemed the footways not requiring any resurfacing Progress As Expected works due to its current condition in the

Footways following locations: o Truscott Road, Hesketh Road,  Ellerbrook Drive estate (West Lancashire West) – footway Furnival Drive, Pickles Drive, improvement works have been carried out in the area. Alexandra Road (West Lancashire Between April and December 2015/16, a total of 3,507 highway West)  Footway resurfacing works have commenced on site and are due defects were identified by regular Highway Safety Inspections (HSI) o Weaver Avenue and Trent for completion during quarter 4 2015/16 in the following locations: or reported by the public in West Lancashire. Close(West Lancashire West) o Manfield from Marland to house number 72 ( West) o Inglewhite from Northway to house o Lambourne from house number 1 to 88 (Skelmersdale West) 3,424 (98%) of these defects were repaired within 20 working days number 7 (Skelmersdale Central) between April to December 2015. o Melbreck from house number 4 to rear of house number 13 of Merewood (Skelmersdale West)  Full length of Aughton Park Drive in Aughton (West Lancashire South) – the  Footway resurfacing works have been completed in the following adjacent housing development requires Community Rail Partnership (CRP) Programme Improvement locations: utility companies to carry out work The West Lancashire CRP plans to reissue two station leaflets o Tintagel from house number 1 to 90 (Skelmersdale West) before resurfacing can take place. The following funding obtained from Merseytravel to promote the line o Tongbarn outside house number 1 (Skelmersdale West) housing development company will and its services. o Full length of Beaumont Crescent in Aughton (West Lancashire notify LCC when their work has been South) completed. An update on this scheme Bus Station Refurbishment o Full length of Carmel Close in Aughton (West Lancashire South) will be sought at the end of quarter 4 A Steering Group has now been established to oversee the o Road in Westhead from Plough Lane to Lyelake Lane (West 2015/16. Lancashire South) implementation of the West Lancashire Highways and Transport o Full length of Mill Dam Lane in , from western footway Road Safety Masterplan, of which this scheme is a proposal. The Steering Group (West Lancashire West)  Westgate/Railway Road Roundabout is currently organising it next set of meetings. (Skelmersdale West) – off road cycle  Wigan Road in Westhead from Plough Lane to Dicks Lane (West Skelmersdale Rail Link Feasibility Study path linking to the industrial estate and Lancashire South) ‐ footway slurry sealing works have been carried Funding has been allocated in the 2016/17 capital programme to extension of footway – the initial out in the area. enable the next stages of this project to be taken forward. This work preparation of the scheme has indicated is currently being developed. that further funding will be required for Bridges the scheme to be completed. Therefore  New Lane Bridge (West Lancashire North) – preparation works have the scheme has been delayed until Ormskirk Town Centre been completed and site works to replace the railings on the bridge funding shortfall has been resolved. This scheme is substantially complete with the street furniture now are due to start in quarter 4 2015/16 together with some work to the being installed. The trees will be installed early March 2016 subject boundary fencing and protection to utility services across the outside to satisfactory weather conditions. of the bridge. = Progress as expected = Progress not as expected = Issues identified = Information