The Area Committee have agreed the Highway and Traffic Ward Spokesperson Protocol, including the delegation to the relevant Corporate Director authority to spend up to £300 of the Area Committee’s Highway Maintenance and Traffic Management delegated budget, in consultation with the relevant Ward Spokesperson.
The Area Committee further authorised the Corporate Director to review annual the level of delegated budget and amend if required in consultation with the Chair and ward spokespersons.
The Area Committee also agreed not to commit expenditure from the following financial year’s Highway Maintenance and Local Initiatives delegated budget for any schemes before January 1 in any given year unless approval has been obtained from the Executive Councillor (Transportation).