Council faces £8m bill for repairs to roads in the borough
CLOSE to £8 million is to be spent carrying out essential repairs to roads in the borough this financial year.
The spending – £7 million from the council's capital budget and £862,000 from Transport for London – is due for approval by the cabinet on Monday.
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Council faces £8m bill for repairs to roads in the borough
The cabinet is also expected to approve another £14 million, budget constraints permitting, on further improvements up to the 2015/16 financial year.
Money has already been committed to improve district centres such as Purley and Addiscombe.
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It is also intended money will be targeted to help repair the damage caused by three consecutive bad winters which has resulted in backlog of work.
A report to the cabinet also indicates these problems can no longer be dealt with on a "make do and mend basis" and need a more permanent solution.
It says: "The continual making safe and minor repairs of some paths and roads is not cost effective, as they have deteriorated to such an extent that small-scale repairs are no longer viable."
Councillor Phil Thomas, the council's cabinet for environment and highways, said: "The importance of keeping the borough's highways network in tip-top order can't be overstated."
Comments
by Jessofcroy
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 2:05PM
“What a headline!
What next
Council faces £Xm bill for kerbside collections in the borough
Council faces £Xm bill for maintaining their housing stock in the borough
Council faces £Xm bill for street cleaning in the borough
These are all part of the general maintenance of the borough, which is the council's responsibility for which we pay tax. Their job is to do it to an agreed standard, in a timely manner to a prudent budget.
No news here - please move along.”
by The3rd
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 12:20PM
“It's about time they did a proper job on the roads. A lot of the roads are death traps and when holes appear they just fill them in with cheap tarmac which only lasts a couple of weeks before the holes repair again.”
by Ivor_Shed
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 9:39AM
“£8 million to repair surface damage caused during the last 3 years - doesn't sound so much put like that.
Will this money be offset (and more) by the proposals to charge utility companies a daily rate for carrying out roadworks - which will ultimately be paid for by............us!”