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Approval to carry out Carriageway Maintenance – Micro Asphalt

Decision Maker: Director: Management of Place

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To install the full Micro Asphalt programme in accordance with the contract thus reducing the possibility of further deprecation of the asset.

Decision:

To install the full Micro Asphalt programme in accordance with the contract thus reducing the possibility of further deprecation of the asset.
Micro Asphalt is a preventative maintenance process which is used to protect a road against environmental damage and also helps to level minor surface irregularities. It is proven to provide an economic solution to maintaining a road network.
The process must be carried out between April and October, as certain temperature and dry conditions are essential. As only a handful of National Contractors are available to carry out this work, each local authority is required to slot in with a national programme.
Prior to the work being carried out, the team will spend much of the previous year arranging for foundation repairs to be carried out ahead of the surfacing. Our contractor has programmed the work to start in April 2019.

Alternative options considered:

Option 1 - lternative option would be to cancel which would be of detriment of the authority undertaking its statutory and would cost the authority more in the long term therefore rejected.
Option 2 -
Option 3 -

Publication date: 08/04/2019

Date of decision: 05/04/2019