To approve the 2025/26 and 2026/27 additional investment in the public realm existing assets and infrastructure following resolution of Council on 7 February 2025 to approve the 2025/26 Capital Investment Budget and Capital Strategy Update.

That:

a) approval is given to draw down the £5 million additional budget allocated in the capital investment budget for Highway Infrastructure Investment across 2025/26 and 2026/27 as set out in the 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.