Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Environment & Economy Scrutiny Committee.

The report is the Final Report of the Scrutiny Committee’s Review. The Review considered the repair of potholes and other defects on the adopted highway, both the process and quality of repairs. Specifically this entailed:-

·         a review of the repair process (potholes and other defects on the highway) including the ‘back office’ process to help determine if there are opportunities for changes and/or efficiency

·         a review of the quality of reactive maintenance repair (potholes and other defects on the highway); and

·         a review of the Council’s Safety Inspection & Repair Policy and Plan.

A number of recommendations are presented for the Executive to consider.

The Executive is invited to receive the final report and request that the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration prepare a response to the recommendations.

Officer contact: David Clee, 0161 474 3137, david.clee@stockport.gov.uk

The Lead Councillor (Councillor Philip Harding) of the Scrutiny Review ‘Repairing Potholes and Other Defects – Process and Quality’ attended the meeting to present the final report of the Review (copies of which had been circulated) and to answer questions from executive councillors.

RESOLVED (1) That the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be requested to prepare a response to the ‘Repairing Potholes and Other Defects – Process and Quality’ Scrutiny Review final report and the recommendations contained therein for consideration by the Executive at a future meeting.

(2) That the gratitude of the Executive be recorded for the excellent work undertaken by the Scrutiny Review Panel and others involved in the Review.

To consider the final report of the Scrutiny Review Panel: Repairing Potholes and Other Defects – Process and Quality

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to comment upon the draft Final Report prior to its submission to the Executive.

Officer contact: David Clee on 0161 474 3137 or email: david.clee@stockport.gov.uk

Councillor Philip Harding (Scrutiny Review Panel Lead Councillor) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing for comment the recommendations of the Scrutiny Review Panel following the review into Repairing Potholes and Other Defects – Process and Quality.

 RESOVLED – (1) That the final recommendations of the Review Panel be forwarded to the Executive Meeting for consideration.

(2) That the representatives of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration and the Democratic Services Manager be thanked for the support provided to Councillors during the course of the review.