To agree the executive response to the recommendations from the review of highways maintenance – pothole repairs.

The review was commissioned by the general scrutiny committee who appointed a task and finish group to consider the highway maintenance plan and seek to address concerns expressed within the community about the potential mismatch between policy and practice on pothole repairs.  The review made a number of recommendations.  It is proposed that all of the recommendations are accepted, with the exception of recommendations 6, 8and 14, which are partially agreed, and recommendations 11 and 13 which are recommendations that executive cannot implement or require agreed in principle. Full responses are set out in appendix 3.

That:

a)    the response to the general scrutiny committee’s recommendations regarding the review of highways maintenance – pothole repairs, as attached at appendix 1 is approved.

1.         None proposed; it is a statutory requirement to provide a response to recommendations made by scrutiny committees.  It is open to the executive to accept, partially accept or reject a recommendation from a scrutiny committee; should a recommendation not be accepted an explanation should be provided.