North Yorkshire County Council

Business and Environmental Services

Executive Members

21 May 2021

Highways Capital Programme 2021-22

Report of the Assistant Director – Highways and Transportation

1.0 Purpose of Report

1.1 To seek agreement from the Corporate Director - Business and Environmental Services (BES), in consultation with BES Executive Members, for additions to the Highways Capital Works Programme for Structural Highway Maintenance for 2021/22 identified since the last Highways Capital Programme report dated 21 August 2020

1.2 To update Corporate Director – BES and BES Executive Members on schemes that have been moved from the 2020/21 Highways Capital programme in to the 2021/22 programme.

2.0 Background

2.1 The Highways Capital Programme is made up of four specific elements; these are Street Lighting; Bridges and Structures; Integrated Transport and Structural Highway Maintenance. Each of these elements is subject to prioritisation methods based upon an assessment of the required outcomes.

2.2 BES Executive Members will be aware that usual practice is to present two main reports per year; one in the summer, when the following years schemes are reported; followed by a winter report, when necessary changes to the programme are reported along with the headline allocations for the programme for the year after.

2.3 In line with 2.2 above, the report was considered at the BES Executive Members meeting held on 21 August 2020.

2.4 Although advanced planning is maximised through the implementation of a three-year rolling capital works programme, there are occasions when it is necessary, for sound operational reasons, to introduce new schemes into the in-year programme.

2.5 In a similar way it is sometimes not possible to deliver programmed schemes in the financial year initially intended, these schemes are then re-programmed into later years when implementation of works can take place.

3.0 New Schemes to be introduced in the 2021/22 Capital Works Programme

3.1 The following schemes are proposed to be added to the 2021/22 programme, in advance of the next scheduled Highways Capital Programme report:

· Ridge Lane Landslip

· Borrowby Lane Landslip

· Beckhole Landslip

3.2 Further details can be found in Appendix 1.

4.0 Schemes to be carried forward into later years

4.1 During Q4 an additional 64 schemes were moved from 2020/21 to 2021/22. This means that in total 150 schemes to the value of £13.8M have been moved into 2021/22 from initial delivery in 2020/21. Funding for these schemes will be from the £5.3M of 2020/21 LTP funding carried into 2021/22 alongside the 2021/22 Highways capital budget.

4.2 Details of the recent schemes to be moved can be found in Appendix 2.

4.3 Of the 150 schemes carried into 2021/22, 51 of these are schemes that had started on site in 2020/21 and are due to finish in 2021/22. This accounts for £5,366K of the total carry over value.

5.0 Financial Implications

5.1 Any additional costs associated with implementation of the scheme/s named in Appendix 1 will be accounted for as part of the routine strategic management of the Highways Capital Works Programme.

5.2 As stated above £5.3M of 2020/21 LTP funding was carried forward at financial year end into 2021/22. This funding will deliver some of the schemes carried over from 2021/22 with the rest of these schemes to be funded from 2021/22 LTP funding.

5.3 The contents of this report make no changes to the BES Capital Plan expenditure limits.

6.0 Equalities Implications

6.1 An Equality Impact Assessment screening form was included as part of the Capital Programme overall and this found that an Equality Impact Assessment was not required. As these schemes are typical maintenance schemes it is deemed that the original screening form included schemes of this type and that there will be no Equality Implications arising from this recommendation. See Appendix 3.

7.0 Legal Implications

7.1 The County Council, as Local Highway Authority, Street Authority and Traffic Authority has a wide range of statutory duties imposed by a variety of legislation.

7.2 Although the decision to carry out these schemes has been made in-year, it was developed and prioritised in line with the relevant legislation and approved Council policies.

7.3 It is the view of officers that there are no legal implications in terms of adding these schemes to the capital programme.

8.0 Climate Change Impact

8.1 A climate change impact assessment has been carried out, see Appendix 4. The negative impact of the schemes added to the capital programme is minimal. Steps will be taken during construction to reduce constriction emissions as far as possible.

9.0 Recommendation

9.1 It is recommended that the Corporate Director - BES and the BES Executive Members

i. Agree the additional schemes for delivery in the 2021/22 financial year.

ii. Note the schemes that have been moved in to 2021/22 for delivery.

BARRIE MASON

Assistant Director - Highways and Transportation

Author of Report: Kirstine Rudd

Background Documents: Photographs to be presented at meeting

Schemes Slipped from Quarter 4 2020/21 in to future years.

District	Scheme Description	Original Programme Year	Reason	Amount to Carry over	Part delivered over year end
Selby	Area 7 Junction 34 R&R	20/21	Scheme carried over waiting for authority from Highways England	139,000
Selby	Accessibility Various locations, Thorpe Willoughby	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	10,526	yes
Scarborough	Area 3 Cat 3,4,5, Parkfield Footway	18/19	Staffing Issues	15,000
Scarborough	Bagdale Railings	20/21	Staffing Issues	27,925	yes
Scarborough	Area 3 Killerby Bends	19/20	Revised Contractor Programme	4,000
Scarborough	Area 3 East Ayton Landslips	19/20	Design issues	130,000
Scarborough	Area 3 Cat 4b Carriageway Patching Oak Road	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	76,431
Scarborough	Area 3 Cat 4b Carriageway Patching Highfield	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	120,000
Scarborough	Area 3 Scalby Drainage	20/21	Coordination with District Council	39,520
Scarborough	Area 3 Seamer Drainage , Rattan Row	20/21	Issues with Farming Crop and then poor weather in Q4	12,378	yes
Scarborough	Area 3 Staithes Landslip	20/21	WSP redesign still to be agreed	18,568	yes
Scarborough	Fryup Dale Bridge	20/21	Requires good weather	10,250
Scarborough	B1261 Crossgates Roundabout Drainage	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	5,966
Scarborough	Westside Road, Darncombe Flooding	20/21	Requires good weather	12,000
Scarborough	The Delves	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	30,000
Scarborough	Broxa, Hackness	20/21	Tender over year end	206,484	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Rosedale Church House Landslips	19/20	Weather and farm access	1,000	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Thornton le Clay R&R	19/20	Revised Contractor Programme	24,000	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Cat 1,1a,2 Footway Patching	20/21	Malton tender coordination	9,620	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Cat 3b Carriageway Patching	20/21	River flood causes issues with completing scheme	10,000
Ryedale	Area 4 Aislaby R&R	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	104,000
Ryedale	Area 4 Cropton	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	12,500
Ryedale	Area 4 Hawnby R&R	20/21	Tender over year end	6,000	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Old Byland R&R	20/21	Tender over year end	7,000	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Rosedale R&R	20/21	Tender over year end	5,000	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Hutton le Hole R&R	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	38,268
Ryedale	Area 4 Kirby Grindalthye R&R	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	38,279	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Kirkham Lane R&R	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	64,000
Ryedale	Area 4 Langley Drvie Drainage	20/21	Works to be completed in better weather	2,000	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Lastingham R&R	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	83,861
Ryedale	Area 4 Malton Footway R&R	20/21	Coordination with term time	38,874	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Malton R&R	20/21	Network Rail Coordination	49,787	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Pickering R&R	20/21	Network Rail Coordination	10,000	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Wombleton R&R	20/21	Network Rail Coordination	9,000	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Nunnington R&R	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	99,180
Ryedale	Area 4 Terrington R&R	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	85,170	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Whitwell R&R	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	74,773	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Wilton R&R	20/21	Revised Contractor Programme	65,504
Ryedale	Area 4 York Road Levisham Drainage	20/21	Common land issue still to be resolved	7,912
Ryedale	Area 4 CAULKLEYS R&R	21/22	Tender package delivered over year end	50,898	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Balksyde	21/22	Tender package delivered over year end	15,552	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 Ampleforth R&R	21/22	Tender package delivered over year end	78,076	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 GILLING EAST R&R	21/22	Tender package delivered over year end	95,676	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 MARTON R&R	21/22	Tender package delivered over year end	141,185	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 NUNNINGTON R&R	21/22	Tender package delivered over year end	73,155	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 SPROXTON R&R	21/22	Tender package delivered over year end	294,473	yes
Ryedale	Area 4 WEST FIELDS KMS R&R	21/22	Tender package delivered over year end	31,190	yes
Richmondshire	Streetlighting	20/21	Service connections not done on time	200,000	yes
Richmondshire	Area 1 Worton Layby R&R	20/21	Contractor delays after awarding tender	-
Richmondshire	Area 1 Worton R&R	20/21	Contractor delays after awarding tender	308,600
Richmondshire	Area 1 Worton Village R&R	20/21	Contractor delays after awarding tender	-
Richmondshire	Area 1 Swaledale Emergency Landslips	20/21	Further work requiring better weather	27,272	yes
Harrogate	Area 6 Greenhow Hill Landslips ( Duck Street)	19/20	Revised Contractor Programme	53,767	yes
Harrogate	TSBA, Kings Rd/ Bilton	13/14	Agreement of design	150,000
Harrogate	Area 6 B1224 Wetherby Services Roundabout Resurfacing	20/21	Design re be confirmed/ multiple stakeholders involved	200,000
Harrogate	Area 6 Leeds Road R&R A6 Urban Tender 20/21	20/21	Tender over year end	866,897	yes
Harrogate	Area 6 Timble R&R A6 Rural Tender 20/21	20/21	Tender over year end	382,766	yes
Hambleton	Area 2 Northallerton High Street Drainage	20/21	Coordination with District Council works	36,000	yes
Hambleton	Area 2 West Tanfield Drainage	20/21	Design issues pushed it last quarter, then weather delays	34,500
Hambleton	Howe Bridge	20/21	Waiting on CECF EA permit said 15^thJune 2021.	148,559	yes
Countywide	Traffic Signals Block Allocation	20/21	Issues with delivery of equipment	168,466	yes
Countywide	Road Footbridges	20/21	Issues with delivery of equipment	6,853	yes

Schemes to be moved from 2020/21 to 2021/22

Initial equality impact assessment screening form (As of October 2015 this form replaces ‘Record of decision not to carry out an EIA’) This form records an equality screening process to determine the relevance of equality to a proposal, and a decision whether or not a full EIA would be appropriate or proportionate.
Directorate	Business and Environmental Services
Service area	Highways & Transportation
Proposal being screened	Highways Capital Programme 2021/22 - Approval of schemes not included at previous BES Executive Members meeting.
Officer(s) carrying out screening	Kirstine Rudd
What are you proposing to do?	Agree additions to the capital programme in advance of the next scheduled capital programme BES Executive Member report.
Why are you proposing this? What are the desired outcomes?	Minimise the duration between scheme identification and agreement for inclusion on the agreed capital programme.
Does the proposal involve a significant commitment or removal of resources? Please give details.	No, the proposal will result in reprioritisation of the current allocations to enable three additional schemes to be delivered.
Impact on people with any of the following protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010, or NYCC’s additional agreed characteristic As part of this assessment, please consider the following questions: · To what extent is this service used by particular groups of people with protected characteristics? · Does the proposal relate to functions that previous consultation has identified as important? · Do different groups have different needs or experiences in the area the proposal relates to? If for any characteristic it is considered that there is likely to be a significant adverse impact or you have ticked ‘Don’t know/no info available’, then a full EIA should be carried out where this is proportionate. You are advised to speak to your Equality rep for advice if you are in any doubt.
Protected characteristic		Yes		No		Don’t know/No info available
Age				ü
Disability				ü
Sex (Gender)				ü
Race				ü
Sexual orientation				ü
Gender reassignment				ü
Religion or belief				ü
Pregnancy or maternity				ü
Marriage or civil partnership				ü
NYCC additional characteristic
People in rural areas				ü
People on a low income				ü
Carer (unpaid family or friend)				ü
Does the proposal relate to an area where there are known inequalities/probable impacts (e.g. disabled people’s access to public transport)? Please give details.		No, the proposals do not negatively affect any groups of people.
Will the proposal have a significant effect on how other organisations operate? (e.g. partners, funding criteria, etc.). Do any of these organisations support people with protected characteristics? Please explain why you have reached this conclusion.		No, the proposal will have no effect on how other organisations work.
Decision (Please tick one option)		EIA not relevant or proportionate:	ü		Continue to full EIA:
Reason for decision		The allocation of funding is based on the ‘manage, maintain and improve’ (MMI) hierarchy set out in LTP4 which has been the subject of a full EIA. This concluded that the introduction of fewer improvement schemes may have a greater impact on people with mobility difficulties or without access to private vehicles as there will be fewer new facilities provided e.g. pedestrian crossings, dropped kerbs, bus stop accessibility improvements; however, it is also considered that prioritising maintenance, particularly for footways, through the MMI hierarchy is likely to produce a net benefit for people with the same protected characteristics; particularly in terms of age and disability.
Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent)		Barrie Mason
Date		11/05/21

Climate change impact assessment

The purpose of this assessment is to help us understand the likely impacts of our decisions on the environment of North Yorkshire and on our aspiration to achieve net carbon neutrality by 2030, or as close to that date as possible. The intention is to mitigate negative effects and identify projects which will have positive effects.

This document should be completed in consultation with the supporting guidance. The final document will be published as part of the decision making process and should be written in Plain English.

If you have any additional queries which are not covered by the guidance please email climatechange@northyorks.gov.uk

Title of proposal	Highways Capital Programme 2020/21 – October 2020/21 Update
Brief description of proposal	1.3 To seek agreement from the Corporate Director, Business and Environmental Services (BES), in consultation with BES Executive Members, for additions to the Highways Capital Works Programme for Structural Highway Maintenance for 2021/22 identified since the last Highways Capital Programme report dated 21st August 2020
Directorate	BES
Service area	Highways and Transportation
Lead officer	James Gilroy
Names and roles of other people involved in carrying out the impact assessment
Date impact assessment started	09.10.2020

Options appraisal

Were any other options considered in trying to achieve the aim of this project? If so, please give brief details and explain why alternative options were not progressed.

No other options were progressed for adding schemes to the capital programme, as not carrying out the scheme in Appendix 1 would create a safety risk for highway users.

What impact will this proposal have on council budgets? Will it be cost neutral, have increased cost or reduce costs?

Please explain briefly why this will be the result, detailing estimated savings or costs where this is possible.

Any additional costs associated with implementation of the scheme/s named in Appendix 1 will be accounted for as part of the routine strategic management of the Highways Capital Works Programme.

The contents of this report make no changes to the BES Capital Plan expenditure limits

How will this proposal impact on the environment? N.B. There may be short term negative impact and longer term positive impact. Please include all potential impacts over the lifetime of a project and provide an explanation.		Positive impact (Place a X in the box below where relevant)	No impact (Place a X in the box below where relevant)	Negative impact (Place a X in the box below where relevant)	Explain why will it have this effect and over what timescale? Where possible/relevant please include: · Changes over and above business as usual · Evidence or measurement of effect · Figures for CO₂e · Links to relevant documents	Explain how you plan to mitigate any negative impacts.	Explain how you plan to improve any positive outcomes as far as possible.
Minimise greenhouse gas emissions e.g. reducing emissions from travel, increasing energy efficiencies etc.	Emissions from travel		x		Repairs to existing infrastructure
	Emissions from construction			x	Some emissions from construction vehicles	Where possible – ensure that vehicle mileage is reduced by planning vehicle movements / diversion routes etc
	Emissions from running of buildings		x
	Other		x
Minimise waste: Reduce, reuse, recycle and compost e.g. reducing use of single use plastic			x
Reduce water consumption			x
Minimise pollution (including air, land, water, light and noise)			x
Ensure resilience to the effects of climate change e.g. reducing flood risk, mitigating effects of drier, hotter summers			x
Enhance conservation and wildlife			x
Safeguard the distinctive characteristics, features and special qualities of North Yorkshire’s landscape			x
Other (please state below)			x

Are there any recognised good practice environmental standards in relation to this proposal? If so, please detail how this proposal meets those standards.

N/A

Summary Summarise the findings of your impact assessment, including impacts, the recommendation in relation to addressing impacts, including any legal advice, and next steps. This summary should be used as part of the report to the decision maker.

Minimal negative impact of the added scheme. Helps to ensure safety for all road users & repairs an existing highway asset. Steps will be taken to ensure that construction emissions are reduced as far as possible.

Sign off section

This climate change impact assessment was completed by:

Name	James Gilroy
Job title	Team Leader Highway Asset Management
Service area	Highways and Transport
Directorate	BES
Signature	J Gilroy
Completion date	07/05/2021

Authorised by relevant Assistant Director (signature): Barrie Mason

Date: 11/05/21

District	Location	Address	Est Cost/£	Reason for addition
Scarborough	Ridge Lane	U2269	£103,500	Landslip caused by recent bad weather has resulted in significant damage to the carriageway. The road is currently closed
Scarborough	Borrowby Lane	U2275	£34,000	Landslip caused by recent bad weather has resulted in significant damage to the carriageway. The road is currently closed
Scarborough	Beckhole	Beck Hole Road, Goathland	£75,000	Following the cold weather at the beginning of this year there has been slippage of the road surface. The proposal is to install further drainage to the site and then reinstate the carriageway that has slipped.