Purpose

To seek Cabinet approval to: (a) accept an award to the Council from the Department for Transport (DfT) of Local Highways Maintenance additional funding for 2023-24; (b) to seek authorisation to delegate any decisions in relation to this funding to the Director for Highways; and (c) to seek authorisation to delegate to the Authority’s Section 151 Officer that the relevant grant conditions are accepted and discharged appropriately when provided.

Decision

RESOLVED to:

 

1)   
Approve
acceptance of the award to the Council by the Department for Transport of the
local highways maintenance; additional funding 2023-24 of £3.014m (as set out
in Paragraph 4.3 of the report);

 

2)   
Delegate any
decisions in relation to the spending of this funding to the Director for
Highways, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways, Assets and
Transport; and

 

3)   
Delegate approval
and discharge of the relevant grant conditions to the Authority’s Section 151
Office.