Highway Locality Budget Scheme Steve Dibben Highway Locality Manager Mid Herts Group (Hertsmere, St.Albans & Welwyn Hatfield) www.hertsdirect.org
Highway Locality Budget Scheme Objective : to get communities more involved in influencing how money is spent on the roads, footways and verges in their area Rolled out across Hertfordshire in April 2012 Each county councillor has a budget of £90,000 77 x £90k = £6.93m www.hertsdirect.org
What can the Highway Locality Budget be spent on? www.hertsdirect.org
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Member Support – Programme Selection • Nominated HCC Highway Locality Officer – Guidance on relative priorities – Guidance on technical, legal and policy implications – Support member with community engagement – Provision of costs of schemes to member – Handover schemes to Ringway or Frame Work Contractors – Monthly reporting on member’s budget position – Support member’s casework www.hertsdirect.org
Member Support – Works Delivery • Nominated Ringway District Service Agent – Responsible for keeping members informed on Highway Locality Budget scheme delivery – Support member casework on Contractor directed services • Framework Contractors (specialist treatments) – Project team responsible for keeping members informed on Highway Locality Budget scheme delivery www.hertsdirect.org
Members Scheme Choices 2012/13 Each Hertsmere county councillor has a budget of £90,000 Capital Funded Type Work - £65,000 Routine Funded Type Work - £25,000 www.hertsdirect.org
Hertsmere County Councillors Schemes Capital funded type works (typically carriageway and footway resurfacing) Suggested Allocation: £455,000 (7 members x £65,000) Value of Members choices to date: £436,000 = 31 schemes Schemes Completed: 31 www.hertsdirect.org
Hertsmere County Councillors Schemes Revenue funded type works (typically work of a routine nature such as road marking, sign replacement, drain & ditch clearance, traffic studies and design work) Suggested Allocation : £175,000 (7 members x £25,000) Value of Members choices to date: £71,000 = 42 schemes Schemes Completed: 28 www.hertsdirect.org
Timescale for delivery of schemes 2012/13 Financial Year Members making final decisions Remaining choices to be programmed and built 2013/14 Financial Year County Council Elections 2 nd May Pre Election – up to £60k Post Election – remaining allocation www.hertsdirect.org
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