Purpose

A
condition of the 2025/26 Highway Maintenance Block Funding is to
provide information to the Department for Transport (DfT) regarding
the value of the Council’s highway assets and evidence that
the Council is following certain best practice criteria. The DfT
require the information to be signed off by either the Leader of
the Council or Lead Member for Transport and Environment. The
report recommends approval of the draft report to the Department
for Transport containing the information required.