Economy, Transport and Environment Service Plan 2018 to 2019
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Public Agenda Item No. 6 (e) DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL CABINET 5 April 2018 Report of the Strategic Director – Economy, Transport and Environment ECONOMY, TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT’S SERVICE PLAN 2018-19 APPENDICES: CAPITAL PROGRAMMES (HIGHWAYS, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE) (1) Purpose of Report To seek the approval of the Economy, Transport and Environment Department 2018-19 Highways and Transport capital programmes. (2) Information and Analysis At the meeting on 5 April 2018, Cabinet will also consider a report relating to the approval of departmental Service Plans 2018-19 and associated budgets. This report refers to the approval of the Economy, Transport and Environment (ETE) Department’s Highways and Transport capital programmes that deliver the Service Plan priorities. The Derbyshire Local Transport Plan sets out the County Council’s long-term transport strategy and how it will be implemented. A programme has been developed that contributes to corporate policies within the Council Plan, ETE Service Plan and the Local Transport Plan’s five transport goals: • Supporting a resilient local economy. • Tackling climate change. • Contributing to better safety, security and health. • Promoting equality of opportunity. • Improving quality of life and promoting a healthy natural environment. The Department for Transport (DfT) usually confirms the level of capital funding available by the beginning of each calendar year to assist forward planning. However, at the time of writing this report, the DfT has not yet confirmed the level of funding available for highways and transport, but has indicated that an announcement will be made before the start of the 2018-19 financial year. For the purposes of planning resources for the preparation, development and implementation of the schemes to be included within the capital programme, it is anticipated that grant allocations will be largely consistent with those received in previous years as follows: Cab23 2018.doc 1 5 April 2018 Public • Local Transport Plan (Highways Maintenance Block and Integrated Transport Block) Capital Programme £18.9 million. • Pothole Action Fund Programme £2.5 million. • Highways Maintenance Incentive Fund Programme £3.2 million. The ETE Department also has £300,000 Public Service Agreement (PSA) Reward earmarked reserves which it is recommended are targeted at road casualty reduction schemes in 2018-19. It is also anticipated that the County Council will receive further direct grants in due course from the DfT’s Safer Roads Fund and National Productivity Investment Fund, and separate reports will be brought to Cabinet to approve additional projects to the Capital Programme. The proposed packages of measures set out in the Appendices to this report have been developed from analysis of a wide range of highways and transport evidence, including road casualty data and transport asset management requirements, and requests from local residents and stakeholders. Local Members have also been given an opportunity during the preparation of the programme to suggest schemes for inclusion. In the current financial climate the County Council has a list of many more capital scheme proposals than available funding will permit. The County Council has also been successful in securing significant amounts of external funding for a number of highway and transport infrastructure projects such as the Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (D2N2) Local Enterprise Partnership Local Growth Fund. In order to assist to continue to attract external funding sources, it is increasingly the case that these capital programmes have had to make headroom for local contributions towards external grant offers for larger capital projects. The draft 2018-19 capital programme recommends contributions towards the Clowne Branch Line cycle route, the A61 Whittington Moor roundabout improvement and the Derbyshire Highways Hub Advanced Real Time Information project. Whilst these larger projects are able to demonstrate significant benefits for local economic growth, Cabinet should be aware they further limit the County Council’s ability to bring forward a programme of smaller capital schemes that benefit more local communities. The capital programme includes proposals for the Pot Hole Action Fund. This funding is conditional in that the local highway authority must commit to target these funds on permanently fixing potholes on its roads or by stopping them forming in the first place. The capital programme also includes the Highways Maintenance Incentive Fund which is provided by the DfT to ensure that highway authorities are using best practice in asset management. The level of grant funding awarded Cab23 2018.doc 2 5 April 2018 Public to each local authority is based on an assessment of the adoption of several asset management principles and efficiency measures that are being pursued. In 2017-18, the Council was assessed as achieving Band 3 (the highest banding), which means the Council receives its full share of available funding. The 2018-19 capital programme has been developed to ensure that a Band 3 assessment will be retained. Cabinet is requested to approve the ETE Department’s 2018-19 Highways and Transport capital programmes as set out in the appendices to this report submission. (3) Financial Considerations Direct grant allocations for the 2018-19 Highways and Transport capital programmes are yet to be confirmed by the DfT. The DfT has indicated that allocations will be confirmed before the start of the 2018-19 financial year and it is anticipated that a verbal update can be provided at the Cabinet Meeting. The 2018-19 grant allocations are expected to be of a similar magnitude to previous years’ allocations and, therefore, it is anticipated that the draft programme set out in the appendices should only require minor modification. Therefore, Cabinet is asked to delegate approval to commence the implementation of the highways and transport programme to the Strategic Director – Economy, Transport and Environment following confirmation of the 2018-19 grant allocations. The 2018-19 PSA Reward Grant programme can be met from ETE earmarked reserves. (4) Social Value Considerations The investment represented by Highways and Transport capital programmes is a vital part of the County Council’s work on improving access to essential services, improving connectivity to support the local economy, preventing casualties from road traffic collisions, and reducing the impact of transport on people and the environment. Other Considerations In preparing this report the relevance of the following factors has been considered: legal, prevention of crime and disorder, equality and diversity, human resources, environmental, health, property and transport considerations. (5) Key Decision Yes. (6) Call-In Is it required that call-in be waived in respect of the decisions proposed in the report? No. Cab23 2018.doc 3 5 April 2018 Public (7) Background Papers Held on file within the Economy, Transport and Environment Department. Officer contact details - Jim Seymour, extension 38557. (8) OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATIONS That Cabinet approves: 8.1 The 2018-19 Economy, Transport and Environment Department’s Highway and Transport capital programmes. 8.2 The Strategic Director - Economy, Transport and Environment to commence implementation of the 2018-19 Highways and Transport capital programme following confirmation of the direct grant allocations as set out in the report. Mike Ashworth Strategic Director – Economy, Transport and Environment Cab23 2018.doc 4 5 April 2018 Draft 2018-19 Local Transport Capital Programme: Summary 01 Highway Maintenance Programme 01 Carriageway maintenance - principal roads £2,455,000 02 Carriageway maintenance - principal roads £2,894,000 03 Footway maintenance £2,159,000 04 Drainage and flood management £355,000 05 Bridges, structures, retaining walls and highway boundary structures £2,200,000 06 Highway condition surveys, asset management, transport data analysis £92,000 07 Transport asset replacement and removal £1,963,000 08 Lighting replacement on the strategic network £900,000 09 Rights of way maintenance £550,000 10 Key cycle route maintenance £292,000 Maintenance Programme Total £13,860,000 02 Integrated Transport Programme 01 Key Cycle Network investment plan £900,000 02 Local cycling and walking investment plan £140,000 03 New Technology for Transport £25,000 04 Public transport and sustainable economic connectivity £375,000 05 Casualty reduction initiatives £742,000 06 Major Highway Projects £2,276,000 Integrated Transport Programme Total £4,458,000 03 Other Transport Grant Funding 01 PSA Casualty Reduction £227,000 £227,000 04 Capital Design, Fees and Contingency 01 Design, Fees and Contingency £6,355,000 Local Transport Capital Programme Total £24,900,000 Key - Schemes marked (P) qualify to be funded from the DfT Pothole Action Fund 01 2018-19 Capital Highway Maintenance Programme 01 Carriageway Maintenance – Principal Roads Location (list of streets or names of 2018-19 Scheme Intervention description (linked to project/ Parish assets affected. Wider area schemes Electoral Division Cost Number programme objectives) use a broad location Estimate 1 Various Various Countywide PPSD Various £500,000 2 Various Various Countywide Surface Treatments Various £400,000 A619 Chatsworth Road (A632 to Storrs 3 Brampton Carrigeway Resurfacing Walton & West £180,000 Road) A6 Derby Road Ph.1 (High Peak 4 Cromford Carriageway Resurfacing Wirksworth £185,000 junction to Cromford Garden