Issue - meetings

To approve the Highway Winter Service Operational Plan 2022-23.

Agreed that Cabinet approve the Highway Winter Service Operational Plan 2022-23

Approval of the Highway Winter Service Operational Plan 2022-23 was sought.

Reasons for recommendations

Road users and the wider community place a high value on keeping traffic moving safely in snow and freezing winter weather. Failure to do so can result in adverse economic and social impacts, public dissatisfaction and significant reputational damage. The Council has a statutory duty ‘to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that safe passage along a highway is not endangered by snow or ice’. The duty is not absolute, but decisions must be taken on reasonable grounds with due care and regard to relevant considerations set out in best practice guidance.

Alternative options considered

There is no recommended affordable alternative to mitigate the safety risks addressed by the Winter Service Operational Plan 2022-23.

Agreed that the Highway Winter Service Operational Plan 2022-23 be approved.