On 17 September 2020 the Director for Economy and Place under the delegation from the Council of 6 August 2020 confirmed the addition of £7.674m pothole and challenge fund works to he delivered through the public realm annual plan 2020/2021 as follows:

Carriageway Works
£ 2,604,000
Structures and Stability
£ 3,160, 000
Footways & Cycleway
£ 400,000
Countywide Drainage Improvements
£ 760,000
Signal, Roadmaking,
£ 750,000
Signs & Safety Barriers

Total
£ 7,674,000

That record of officer decision can be seen on the councils website by following the link below

http://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=7181

The Structures works element was allocated as follows:


Structures and Stability
Bridges
£ 3,160, 000
B4224 Mordiford Bridge Parapet
£250,000
U65606 Paunton Rock Armour
£200,000
C1011 Kinsham deck replacement Phase2
£600,000
C1001 Buckton deck replacement Phase2
£600,000
repairs to C1072 Kington Bridge Phase 2
£200,000
Repairs to B4214 Instone
£25,000
Repairs to A438 Letton
£35,000
Repairs A44 Eaton Bridge
£25,000
Saddling designs
£105,000
Red Lion B4352
£200,000
Hunderton River Bridge Phase 2 £75,000

U91416 Hunton Bridge/road £200,000

Retaining Wall Strategy development £60,000

Carriageway above bridge decks
£370,000.00
Roads at Risk

A4113 Leintwardine
£150,000.00
Various other sites
£10,000.00
Trereece
£5,000.00
Bridge Kits for the PROW network £50,000.00

This record of officer decision alters the allocation of the spend on structures works set out above, and replaces it with drainage and surfacing works set out below. This is primarily due to the inability to undertake these structural works during environmental embargos that restrict permissible access to these schemes. These embargos will be in place until early March, thus not allowing enough time to mobilise and effectively deliver all works before the end of this financial year.

These structures schemes will be considered for next year’s annual plan, when access is permissible and the drainage and surfacing works will replace these structural works. The drainage and surfacing are high priority schemes which would be considered for delivery as part of next year’s annual plan.

The overall spend on the Pothole and challenge fund works is unchanged.

Elements of the structures works budget to be changed are as follows:

Scheme Original budget New Budget Budget to be re-allocated
B4224 Mordiford Bridge Parapet 250,000 £50,000 200,000
C1011 Kinsham deck replacement Phase 2 £600.00 £575,000 £25,000
C1001 Buckton deck replacement Phase 2 £600,000 £575,000 £25,000
Red Lion B4352 £200,000 £50,000 £150,000
U91416 Hunton Bridge/road £200,000 £0 £200,000

Total £600,000

Thus releasing £600K of budget for re-allocation.

This £600K funding will be re-allocated to drainage and surfacing works as follows:-

Drainage works

A4103 70 - 80 metre run of kerbs to direct water £10,000
Norton Cannon - Drainage channel works £10,000
Walkers Green Marden System Reinstatement £10,000
A44 Linton Lane – blockage £20,000
Hinton Villa £5,000
Rotary Ditcher & Tractor – plant investment £125,000
Total £180,000


Surfacing Works

A44 C1081 to Beech Tree Cottage £126,000
B4214 Bishops Frome to Munderfield Stocks £163,000
B4229 A4137 to C1258 Goodrich £107,000
A417 Burley Gate to Rowleigh Phase 1 £24,000
Total £420,000

All works under the Pothole and Challenge fund 20/21 capital project will be delivered within the grant allocation of £7.674m