The purpose of this report is to set out how the additional Department for Transport Highway Maintenance funding covering 2023/24 and 2024/25 at £1.83 million per year is proposed to be spent and to seek the necessary approvals to do soFunding for 2023/24 and 2024/25

That:

a) approval is given to invest the additional Department for Transport Highway Maintenance funding covering 2023/24 and 2024/25 at £1.83 million per year as detailed within this Report; and

b) delegated authority is given to the Corporate Director of Economy and Environment to take all operational decisions over the lifetime of the project, to deliver the investment set out in recommendation (a)

That this additional investment is not made and the Council continues to maintain Herefordshire’s highways in accordance with sound asset management practices but wholly within the maintenance allocations and grant funding made available by Central Government.