Supplementary 1 EDI 02.03.23
Argyll and Bute Council · 2 March 2023
Back to Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee — 2 March 2023 and its agenda
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Argyll and Bute Council Comhairle Earra-Ghàidheal Agus Bhòid Executive Director: Douglas Hendry Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT Tel: 01546 602127 Fax: 01546 604435 DX 599700 LOCHGILPHEAD 1 March 2023 SUPPLEMENTARY PACK 1 ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE - ON A HYBRID BASIS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, KILMORY, LOCHGILPHEAD AND BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on THURSDAY, 2 MARCH 2023 at 10:30 AM I enclose herewith item 4 (ROADS RECONSTRUCTION CAPITAL PROGRAMME) which was marked to follow on the Agenda for the above meeting. Douglas Hendry Executive Director ITEM TO FOLLOW 4. ROADS RECONSTRUCTION CAPITAL PROGRAMME (Pages 3 - 14) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure Services Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee Councillor John Armour Councillor Jan Brown Councillor Garret Corner Councillor Robin Currie (Chair) Councillor Mark Irvine Councillor Andrew Kain (Vice-Chair) Councillor Donald Kelly Councillor Jim Lynch Councillor Tommy MacPherson Councillor Ian MacQuire Councillor Luna Martin Councillor Ross Moreland Councillor William Sinclair Councillor Andrew Vennard Councillor Peter Wallace Councillor Gary Mulvaney Contact: Hazel MacInnes Tel: 01546 604269 Public Document Pack
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ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 2 MARCH 2023 ROADS CAPITAL RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME 2023/24 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 The Roads Reconstruction Programme has been structured in line with the Roads Asset Management and Maintenance Strategy. The focus has been to arrest the rate of decline and provide an overall improvement in condition as has been demonstrated in the Annual Status and Options Report. In previous years this has been achieved through the delivery of a mix of carriageway resurfacing, edge strengthening, patching/surface dressing and in-situ road surface recycling. These treatments have been designed to seal the road to stop the ingress of water, improve ride quality and reduce the amount of reactive repairs. This has resulted in an overall improvement in road condition. Without this investment and works there would have been a significant deterioration in condition and a detriment to the travelling public, economic opportunity and tourism. 1.2 Attached to this report is a draft programme for roads reconstruction schemes for 2023/24. This programme has been designed using the Road Condition Index (RCI) which is produced by the national road condition survey data. This survey information is used by officers to determine a programme. In addition to the RCI data, information such as road traffic collisions, known development, activities such as timber harvesting and skid condition (of the carriageways surface) which is measured by a separate survey are also considered together with information brought forward from Elected Members, community groups and stakeholders. This information is considered at officer level when appropriate engineering judgement is also applied to ensure that maximum benefit can be derived from the available investment. 1.3 As per previous years any post winter deterioration may result in some adjustment to the programme to ensure that the best rates of return in terms of whole life costs can be achieved. 1.4 It is recommended that the Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee: Page 3 Agenda Item 4
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i. Endorses the proposed programme of capital works for 2023/24 ii. Agrees that details of each area committee’s programme will be forwarded on to individual Elected Members iii. Notes that following the budget decision on 23 February 2023, a programme of footway works will be presented to a future meeting of the Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee. Page 4
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ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 2 MARCH 2023 ROADS CAPITAL RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME 2023/24 2.0 INTRODUCTION 2.1 This report provides details of the proposed roads reconstruction programme for 2023/24. The programme is based on the 2023/24 allocation of a total of £8.0M, which includes £754k brought forward from 2022/23. 2.2 The additional funding allocated at the Council meeting on 23 February 2023 means that there is now a £8M programme for both this financial year and for 2024/25. This level of investment is welcomed and enables substantial programmes of works to be delivered across the road network focusing on arresting deterioration and where possible improving road condition. 3.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 3.1 It is recommended that the Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee: i. Endorses the proposed programme of capital works for 2023/24 ii. Agrees that details of each area committee’s programme will be forwarded on to individual Elected Members iii. Notes that following the budget decision on 23 February 2023, a programme of footway works will be presented to a future meeting of the Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee. 4.0 DETAIL 4.1 The focus of the roads reconstruction programme has been to recover the network through the delivery of a mix of carriageway resurfacing schemes, patching/surface dressing and in-situ road surface recycling, which follow the principles set out within the Roads Asset Management Plan. 4.2 This Council has approximately £122M of backlog maintenance in the road network. This means that over £122M would need to be invested to bring the road network up to an A1 standard. Most councils are in a very similar position. Clearly in the current financial time we are not going to see the level of Page 5
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investment required to bring the road network up to an A1 condition. However, over the last decade there has been a carefully applied strategy of delivering revenue and capital funding collectively and delivering a series of works designed to minimise reactive work, carry out right first time repairs wherever possible and to deliver surfacing techniques and specifications which maximizes the amount of repairs and resurfacing which is delivered. As with almost all council services there is insufficient funding available to treat all the sections of road that we’d like to do, the focus being on treating sections where we can maximise the financial return and in so doing reduce the amount of reactive repairs carried out. The available funding means that almost all roads authorities, including Argyll and Bute are unable to treat every section of road they would like to do. However, the investment levels that the Council has made over a number of years have made a positive impact on the council’s road condition. This has been detailed in the Road Condition Index reported separately to this meeting. 4.3 In previous years, the proposed schemes have been selected using the Councils Roads Asset database WDM-PMS and using the information collected from the SCANNER Survey carried out in summer months. In-line with recommendations within the Annual Status and Options Report, the programme is not necessarily concentrated on all the red roads but instead has been aligned to focus on a combination of red and amber roads to arrest deterioration. This effectively provides a stitch in time approach and ensures that we get the best rate of return from the investment available. Red roads are roads requiring attention currently, amber roads are roads which will require attention in the not too distant future and green roads are roads which require no attention. By progressing schemes which will provide the best rate of return, taking consideration of the survey results and associated data, the Council is able to deliver a programme of schemes which maximises the benefits to the travelling public from the available investment. 4.4 Surface dressing schemes are selected on the basis that, either the skid resistance of the road surface is poor, or the road surface requires sealing before it fails. There is also a weighting / ranking applied that aligns with a routes classification and hierarchy together with the Road Condition Index. 4.5 As in previous years, the roads reconstruction programme will be delivered by a mixed economy model with the Councils in-house team delivering carriageway reconstruction and patching works. The surface dressing element of the programme will be delivered by an external contractor. This enables the maximum surface area to be covered which will help to seal carriageway cracks, prevent the ingress of water and reduce the amount of reactive maintenance for potholes. 4.6 The table below details the total of the 2023/24 original allocation and the increased allocation following the 23 February Budget meeting. The table also includes funding which has slipped from 2022/23. The capital budget allocation for 2023/24 has been split in line with the pre-agreed percentage formula which is based on road area and population. The two schemes being carried forward Page 6
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are Breadalbane Street Tobermory, due to land ownership and Japanese knotweed issues, and the landslip at Claonaig B8001 where there are ongoing complex design works. 4.7 In 2022/23 there was also a grant from the Strategic Timber Transport Scheme (STTS) totalling some £1M. This funding was used to match fund existing schemes on the council network where timber extraction was programmed to be carried out. It is officers’ intention to make further bids to the STTS for 2023/24 which, if successful, will provide additional investment for the road network. 4.8 The capital programme presented is based on carriageway condition late autumn/early winter. With the effect of winter this programme may need to be adjusted to ensure that any investment takes into consideration any winter deterioration. 4.9 The programme for each of the administrative areas will be forwarded to Area Committee Members and updates to Area Committees as the programme progresses. The programme will also be available on the council web site with key scheme status and dates. Footway Reconstruction 4.10 At the budget meeting held on 23 February council allocated £750k for footway reconstruction works. It is proposed that an area based programme is developed and will be presented to a future meeting of the Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee. 5.0 CONCLUSION 5.1 This report provides details of the proposed roads reconstruction programme for 2023/24. Area Committee Area Total Brought forward from 2022/23 £754,000 OLI (35%) £2,536,100 MAKI (31%) £2,246,260 B&C (20%) £1,449,200 H&L (14%) £1,014,440 Total £8,000,000 Page 7
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6.0 IMPLICATIONS 6.1 Policy - works assessed and carried out under the current Roads Asset Management Plan. 6.2 Financial - programme will be based on capital allocation for year 2023/24. 6.3 Legal – None known. 6.4 HR - reconstruction works delivered by a combination of in-house roads operations team and sub-contractors. 6.5 Fairer Scotland Duty: None known. 6.5.1 Equalities - protected characteristics – None known. 6.5.2 Socio-economic Duty – None known. 6.5.3 Islands – None known. 6.6 Climate Change – due regard will be given to climate change with a view to minimising any climate change impact and these will be considered as and when they arise. 6.7 Risk - completed works will reduce requirement to repair roads and will arrest the carriageway/footway deterioration. 6.8 Customer Service - overall improvement in road surfaces and the quality of driven journeys. Executive Director with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure: Kirsty Flanagan Head of Roads and Infrastructure: Jim Smith Policy Lead for Roads and Transportation Councillor Andrew Kain February 2023 For further information contact: Jim Smith, Head of Roads and Infrastructure Service Hugh O’Neill, Network and Standards Manager/Tom Murphy, Operations Manager APPENDICES Appendix 1 – MAKI Proposed Roads Reconstruction Programme 2023/24 Appendix 2 – OLI Proposed Roads Reconstruction Programme 2023/24 Page 8
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Appendix 3 – B&C Proposed Roads Reconstruction Programme 2023/24 Appendix 4 – H&L Proposed Roads Reconstruction Programme 2023/24 Page 9
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OPERATIONAL BUDGET 2023 £7,246,000 Brought forward 2022/23 £754,000 Total Budget £8,000,000 Potential Match Funding HELENSBURGH & LOMOND 14% 1,014,440.00£ Helensburgh and Lomond Road Scheme Name Town Treatment Estimated Scheme Value U189 Lineside walk Garelochead Surface Dress £25,000 U170 Kidston drive Rhu Surface Dress £29,000 U081 Cumberland Avenue Helensburgh Surface Dress £20,000 U228 Luss to A82 Luss Surface Dress £112,000 B833 Mill Brae Garelochead Surface Dress £94,000 U237 Portincaple road Garelochead Surface Dress £55,000 U244 Red Road Cardross Surface Dress £66,500 U237 Darleith Road Cardross Surface Dress £88,000 A818 Daligan bends Helensburgh Resurface £55,000 U101 E King, Charlotte- Henry Bell st Helensburgh Inlay £22,500 A814 Glen Douglas junction Arrochar resurface £45,000 A814 North of Glen Douglas Arrochar resurface £83,000 U004 Adelaide street- East king st to King st crescent Helensburgh inlay £22,500 U247 Redguantlet rd- Talisman crescent to Endrik wynd Helensburgh Inlay £30,000 U259 School road Rhu inlay £37,000 A814 Roundabout at A817/A814 Garelochead inlay/kerbing £37,000 U053 Camsail road Helensburgh inlay £45,500 B833 Altnabui-Mambeg Garelochead overlay £25,500 B833 South of Pier-Mambeg Garelochead Major Maint. £22,000 B833 Peir cottage to Mambeg house Garelochead Overlay £77,000 C69 Glen Douglas at Doune Arrochar resurface £22,500 Total £1,014,000 Note: Estimated values rounded, however, allocated budget will be target expenditure Page 11
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OPERATIONAL BUDGET 2023 £7,246,000 Brought forward 2022/23 £754,000 Total Budget £8,000,000 Potential Match Funding B&C 20% £1,449,200 Bute and Cowal Bute Road Scheme Name Town Treatment Estimated Scheme Value A886 From 2022-23 site heading north Port Bannatyne Surface dress £74,500 B881 Meikle Grenach to A844 Scalpsie Jtn Rothesay Surface dress £160,000 UC5 Glecknabae - Pipers Cave Port Bannatyne resurface £41,000 UC5 Glecknabae - Lenihall Port Bannatyne resurface £29,500 A886 Rhubodach Farm Port Bannatyne Overlay £62,000 U11 Castle St (PB) - Quay St to George St Rothesay Inlay £57,500 Total £424,500 Cowal Road Scheme Name Town Treatment Estimated Scheme Value A815 Strachur - Sawmill to Fire Station Strachur Surface dress £55,000 A815 Rashfield to Orchard Sandbank Surface dress £63,500 A815 Ardhallow to Cluniter House Inenellan Surface dress £109,500 A815 Cluniter Point to Pier Road - Innellan Inenellan Surface dress £78,500 A885 A815 to Bencorum Brae Sandbank Surface dress £124,500 A8003 A886 to North Lodge Tighnabruaich Surface dress £40,000 A8003 View Point Southwards Tighnabruaich C/W extension, realigned VSF £108,500 A815 A886 to Strachur Fire Station Strachur Inlay £112,000 A815 Rankins Brae to Fir Brae Sandbank Inlay £137,500 B8042 Argyll St to Alfred St & A815 to Royal Crescent North Dunoon Inlay £181,500 Total £1,010,500 B&C Scheme Total £1,435,000 Note: Estimated values rounded, however, allocated budget will be target expenditure Page 12
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OPERATIONAL BUDGET 2023 £7,246,000 Brought forward 2022/23 £754,000 Total Budget £8,000,000 Potential Match Funding OLI 35% £2,536,100 Oban, Lorn and the Isles LORN £1,394,855 MULL& ISLES £1,141,245 Lorn Road Scheme Name Town Treatment Estimated Scheme Value C31 Ardanasaig Road Kilchrenan Surface Dress £147,500 B845 Taychreggan Road Kilchrenan Surface Dress £31,000 U37 Loch Creran Road Barcaldine Surface Dress £293,500 U134 Loch Creran Road Barcaldine Surface Dress £239,000 A819 Claddich Bends PH 2 Dalmally Earthworks, culvert and C/W extension, VSF £88,500 A816 Kilninver - PH 7 Kilninver C/W extension, VSF £148,500 A816 Blaran Ph 4 Kilmelford Earthworks and C/W extension £67,000 A816 Loch Nan Druimnean Kilmelford Inlay/Edges £29,000 A816 Arduanie Overlay Arduanie Overlay £79,000 B8003 Cattery to Church Cuan Rd Overlay £25,500 B8045 Area near shop Lismore Overlay £17,000 B844 Clachandubh Farm Balvicar Overlay £26,500 B845 Barcaldine- Bonawe Barcaldine Overlay £50,000 C25 Queens Brae North Connel Inlay £39,000 C32 Glencruitten Road Oban Inlay £34,500 C33 Lerags Road Oban Overlay £25,500 U004 Croft Road Oban Inlay £32,000 U10 Ardmaddy Road Balvicar Overlay £25,500 Total £1,398,500 Mull Road Scheme Name Town Treatment Estimated Scheme Value *C 68 Breadalbane St Wall Mull -Tobermory Retaining wall & footpath £434,000 2022-23 budget b/f A848 Ardnacross to Gulan Dubh Salen Surface Dress £98,500 A848 Gulan Dubh to Tobermory Tobermory Surface Dress £219,500 C47 Glen Gorm from B8073s Tobermory Surface Dress £99,000 U74 Eorabus Mull -Ardtun Overlay £25,500 C34 Hill Road Mull -Hill Road Overlay £84,500 U70 Caliach Road Mull - Caliach Overlay £25,500 C49 Ardtun Mull - Ardtun Overlay £25,500 B8035 Knock Mull - Knock Overlay £68,000 U14 Grasspoint Mull - Grasspoint Overlay £68,000 U009 Main Street, Dervaig Mull - Dervaig Overlay £38,000 B8073 Tobermory to Dervaig Mull - Dervaig Overlay £127,000 B8072 Sorisdale Road Isle of Coll Overlay £247,500 Total £1,126,500 Area Total £2,525,000 Note: Estimated values rounded, however, allocated budget will be target expenditure * Carry forward scheme not included in area totals Page 13
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OPERATIONAL BUDGET 2023 £7,246,000 Brought forward 2022/23 £754,000 Total Budget £8,000,000 Potential Match Funding MAKI 31% 2,246,260.00£ Mid Argyll Kintre and the Islands MID ARGYLL 741,265.80£ KINTYRE 741,265.80£ ISLANDS 763,728.40£ Mid Argyll Road Scheme Name Town Treatment Estimated Scheme Value A816 Kilmartin-Carnassarie Kilmartin Surface Dress £182,000 B8024 Middle Hill -Ormsary House Kilberry Surface Dress £226,000 A819 Electric Cottage Ph3 Inveraray Edge Strenthening & Drains £178,000 A816 Barrichbeyan PH2 Craobh Haven Regulate and Surface £93,500 A819 Inveraray -Fish Farm Inveraray overlay £61,000 Total £740,500 Kintyre Road Scheme Name Town Treatment Estimated Scheme Value *B8001 CLOANAIG SLIP SITE (budget tbc) Skipness Reinforced Earth & resurface £320,000 2022-23 budget b/f B842 Second half of Killellen to Achnaglach Site. Southend Rd Surface Dress £34,500 C19 Between Kilkerran Rd & Fachoig Learside Rd Surface Dress £310,000 B879 B879 junc to Network Centre. Carradale Surface Dress £21,500 C20 Between New Bridge & Arnicle. Bar Glen Rd Surface Dress £101,000 U 16 Kilypole timber route (with STTS) Machrihanish Resurfacing and drainage £25,500 U13 Macharioch Southend Overlay £63,000 B843 West Trodigal Machrihanish Overlay £29,000 Burnbank St Burnbank St Campbeltown Inlay £31,500 Burnside St Burnside Sq to Longrow Campbeltown Inlay £14,000 Bolgam St Bolgam St Campbeltown Inlay £17,000 Dell Rd Dell Rd Campbeltown Inlay £41,500 Range Rd Range Rd Campbeltown Inlay £30,000 U33 Woodlands Dr Campbeltown Inlay £21,000 Total £739,500 Islands Road Scheme Name Town Treatment Estimated Scheme Value B8016 Glenegedale northwards Islay High Road Surface Dress £149,000 C17 From Uc26 junction to S of Upper Cragabus Islay - Oa Rd. Surface Dress £99,000 Uc34 Craigens Cottage to Bun an Uilt Islay Killinallan Surface Dress £59,500 Uc14 A846 to East Lodge Islay Scarabus Surface Dress £48,000 A847 West of Bridgend Bridgend Surface Dress £155,000 A846 Corrary Hill to Island House Bowmore Overlay £158,000 C12 S of Barr to W of Cattadale Ballygrant Overlay £95,500 Total £764,000 Area Total £2,244,000 Note: Estimated values rounded, however, allocated budget will be target expenditure *Carry forward scheme not included in area totals Page 14