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Approval to carry out Footway Maintenance – Slurry Seal

Decision Maker: Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Slurry Seal is a preventative maintenance process which is used to protect a footway 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 March and October, as certain temperatures and dry conditions are essential. It will take most of the season to carry out this hand applied process in order to complete the programme

Decision:

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

Alternative options considered:

Option 1 -
Alternative 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