Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the Transport (Highways) Asset Management Policy and Plan (TAMP) as required by the Department for Transport (DfT). The Policy and Plan indicated how officers would manage the highway assets and how they could demonstrate effective and efficient asset management, in what was the most expensive asset the Council owned (gross replacement costs of some £1.5bn).

The TAMP contained the overarching policy on asset management and then developed into the operational service delivery plan which set out how the specific details on how each individual set of assets would be managed and the regime associated with its maintenance.

It was noted that one of the Government’s objectives was to move away from annualised budgets for such an important asset and that Councils should have a medium to long term financial commitment.

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the proposals which highlighted that there was likely to be no adverse impact on any of the protected characteristic groups (Appendix 3 to the report).

Reasons:

To document the way Medway manages its Highway assets and to ensure where possible the maximum level of funding is achieved from the DfT over the next 5 years.