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Highway Works Programme 2009/10
A report by the Interim Director of Kent Highway Services to the Maidstone Joint Transportation Board on 29 July 2009
Introduction
1. This report summarises the identified schemes that have been programmed for construction by Kent Highway Services in 2009/10. Each County Council Directorate is expected to ensure that the cash limits for next year are adhered to. Any within-year Directorate pressures must therefore be met from these cash limits and budgets/work programmes would have to be adjusted accordingly.
Highway Maintenance Budget 2009/10
2. The Highways Maintenance Budget for 2009/10 is detailed in Table 1 below.
Table 1 – Highway Maintenance Budget for 2009/10
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(£000s) |
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|
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Revenue |
Capital |
|
Total KHS Revenue Budgets (excl. transport & development, network & asset management and business performance) |
30,768 |
|
|
Less Running Costs (including energy costs) |
7,732 |
|
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Balance available for Highway Revenue Maintenance |
23,037 |
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Balance available for Highway Capital Maintenance (excluding overheads)
|
|
39,336 |
3. There has been a significant increase in the overall Highways maintenance budget for 2009-10. This has been possible through a recasting of the budget, refocusing funding to the frontline, capitalisation of certain items and prudential borrowing. The increases from 2008/09 are as follows:
· Increase to cover price inflation £2.236m
· Service strategies and improvements £1.484m
· Redirection of budgets to front-line services £1.000m
· Capital maintenance from prudential borrowing £15.900m
· Street lighting investment from prudential borrowing £2.500m
4. The Highway Operations budget of £62,373M for Technical Services & Community Operations is distributed between the work activities as shown in Table 2:
Table 2 – Highway Operations Budgets
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(£000s) |
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Revenue |
Capital |
Total |
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Major Maintenance |
|
4,908 |
4,908 |
|
Jetpatcher |
|
1,100 |
1,100 |
|
PacoPatch |
|
490 |
490 |
|
Minor Surfacing |
|
1,200 |
1,200 |
|
Drainage Repairs |
|
2,367 |
2,367 |
|
Street Lighting |
2,935 |
4,325 |
7,260 |
|
Lines & signs |
1,100 |
891 |
1,991 |
|
Safety Fences |
|
643 |
643 |
|
Structures |
1,595 |
2,500 |
4,095 |
|
Traffic Signals |
|
830 |
830 |
|
Member grants |
|
1,818 |
1,818 |
|
Surface treatments (see table 3 below for breakdown) |
|
18,264 |
18,264 |
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Routine maintenance Gangs (NOMU and minor patching) |
5,969 |
|
5,969 |
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Gully Emptying |
3310 |
|
3310 |
|
Soft Landscape & Trees |
4,598 |
|
4,598 |
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Winter Service |
2,525 |
|
2,525 |
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Emergency Response / Out of Hours |
595 |
|
595 |
|
Community Operations Traffic Management (High Speed Roads) |
410 |
|
410 |
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Total (excludes top-sliced ITS - Intelligent Transport Systems) |
23,037 |
39,336 |
62,373 |
Conclusion
5. This report is for Members’ information
Contact Officers:
Dennis Button Community Delivery Manager 08458 247800
Gary Peak Local Transport Schemes Team Leader 08458 247800
Toby Howe Strengthening & Resurfacing Schemes Manager 08458 247800
Background documents: None