Decision Maker: Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Consideration was given to a report advising the Committee on the National Roads Strategic Action Group’s published response to the Audit Scotland Report – Maintaining Scotland’s Roads: A follow Up Report of 2016.
Decision
The Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee -
1.
Noted
the significant capital investment in Argyll and Bute roads of £40m over the
past six years, in the context of reducing local authority funding.
2.
Acknowledged
that this level of investment means that the roads network in Argyll and Bute
is among the fastest improving in Scotland.
3.
Welcomed
the additional capital investment of almost £15m in Argyll and Bute’s roads
network agreed unanimously at the council budget in February 2018.
4.
Noted
that the Leader, as outlined in her budget speech, plans to write to the
Scottish Government calling for additional investment in Argyll and Bute’s
trunk roads network and would ask this to include:
·
Recognition
of the importance of roads to the economy of Argyll and Bute, and Scotland,
with regards to the whisky, renewables, timber, marine and tourism industries.
·
The
urgent requirement for funding to address the additional burden on roads
budgets caused by severe weather.
(Reference: Report by Executive Director – Development and Infrastructure Services dated February 2018, submitted)
Publication date: 15/03/2018
Date of decision: 08/03/2018
Decided at meeting: 08/03/2018 - Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee
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