ENVIRONMENT DIRECTORATE PROGRESS OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2014 WYRE Summary: Environment Directorate progress against delivery of the Commissioning Plan for Wyre in the third quarter of 2014/15 Assistant Director of Commissioning: Joanne Reed :[email protected] : 01772 530897 Q3 = Progress as expected CAPITAL PROGRAMME UPDATE = Progress not as expected SERVICE UPDATE = Issues identified 10 out of 11 capital schemes, due for delivery in quarter 3, have either been completed or are progressing as planned, and are detailed below. For details of the remaining schemes, please see the 'Progress not as expected' = Information section. Road Safety Road and Street Maintenance The Road Safety Team has recently PROGRESS AS EXPECTED worked together with the Environment and Community Projects 2014/15 Capital schemes programmed for delivery in quarter 3 Schemes which have commenced and are Neighbourhoods Team to help West Rural Unclassified due for completion during quarter 4 View Residents' in Fleetwood obtain Longhouse Lane from Delph Lane to end, Calder Vale 2014/15 their own SpID through funding via a (Garstang) - carriageway re-tread work has been grant from Lancashire Partnership for completed. Local Priorities Response Fund Road Safety. SpIDs are a useful and Between April and November 2014/15, a total of 6,283 highway Keepers Lane from Delph Lane to Higher Lane, Barnacre- Mowbray Road (Fleetwood West) – effective tool for speed management in defects were identified by regular Highway Safety Inspections (HSI) with-Bonds (Garstang) – carriageway resurfacing work has footway improvement works have been Lancashire. or reported by the public in Wyre. 6,199 (99%) of these defects been completed. extended to include both sides of the were repaired within 20 working days between April to November. footway. The majority of the original LCC will provide training for the Footways residents to deploy their SpID in Avenue Road from Normoss Road to end (Poulton-le- works have been completed and the extended works will be completed locations where the residents Fylde) – full footway reconstruction work has been themselves have identified Poulton le Fylde Town Centre during quarter 4 2014/15. completed. inappropriate vehicle speeds. This is Flood Risk Management and Drainage The highway design is complete, and currently progressing through part of the process for empowering Flood Risk Management and Drainage Ainspool, Churchtown (Garstang) – the tender process. Once costs are established, negotiations with harder to reach local communities New Lane, Thornton Cleveleys (Amounderness) – flood drainage investigation works have been Wyre Borough Council and Booths will be concluded. Assuming the enabling them to take ownership of relief and drainage improvement work has been completed. completed in the area. Works to install a costs are as expected construction should start in line with Booths solutions to their local problems. development timescales. A, B and C roads new manhole and relaying a new outfall Rapley Lane (Wyreside) – carriageway resurfacing work has have commenced. This will reduce the been completed. pressure within the drainage system and Environment and Community Projects provide flood relief to the area. The Road Safety works are ongoing and anticipated for Willow Garden Project (WGP) – Fleetwood, Wyre Fleetwood signing of town centre (Fleetwood East) – completion during quarter 4 2014/15. The WGP won the People's Million Bonus Award to improve the infrastructure of the project alongside running works to install signage across various areas of the town a series of gardening and food growing workshops for adults with learning disabilities and mental health issues centre have been completed. (including Alzheimer's), as well as a local school from one of Fleetwood's most deprived areas. Future activities PROGRESS NOT AS EXPECTED Progress update on previously delayed schemes which include continuing talks with key health authorities and local stakeholders to expand the number of therapy/eco-therapy sessions. are now progressing as planned Capital scheme carried over from previous quarters for delivery in quarter 3 Garstang/River Wyre access for all path Flood Risk Management and Drainage 2014/15 which has now been cancelled Implementation works to improve the riverside footpath between Wyre Lane and Broom Hill on the east side of Carr Lane, Hambleton (Wyreside) – additional work to the River Wyre at Garstang have been underway since October 2014 and are due to be completed during improve the drainage system has been identified at the Road Safety quarter 4 2014/15. This footpath is now surfaced and has gates suitable for use by the majority of users. "Coppins" property. A design for this has been completed Manor Road (Fleetwood West) – Garstang Millennium Green Committee engaged with Proffitts CIC to project manage the scheme. The project and work is anticipated for completion during quarter 4 designs to implement a contraflow has been funded by Lancashire Environment Fund, Wyre Borough Council and LCC. 2014/15. cycle lane were completed but received Thornton Cleveleys, (various areas) – initial investigation objections from Shakespeare Primary Bilsborrow Canal Towpath Ramp Access Myerscough and Bilsborrow Parish Council have been working over the past 2 years with the Canal and Rivers works have been completed at local properties to identify School, local residents, school parents Trust with support from Wyre Borough Council and LCC to improve the canal towpath between Bilsborrow and causes and level of flooding. Designs for this scheme are and local county and district Barton Grange Garden Centre/Marina. The whole length has been surfaced with associated edging now being finalised with works expected to commence councillors. Therefore the scheme has maintenance. Work is due to be completed in quarter 4 2014/15 on a new ramp access between the canal and during quarter 4 2014/15. Progress of this scheme will be now been cancelled. the A6 at the Green Man Bridge adjacent to Barton Grange. sought during quarter 4 2014/15. .