The purpose of this report is to set out how the £5 million additional investment Resurfacing Herefordshire Highways is proposed to be spent and to seek the necessary approvals to do so.

That:

a) approval is given to draw down the £5 million additional budget allocated in the capital investment budget for Resurfacing Herefordshire Highways across 2025/26 in accordance with the Council’s Highway Asset Management Plan; 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.