Decision details

That Monmouthshire County Council adopt the Highway Management Plan in line with the requirement of the new national code of practice “Well Maintained Highway Infrastructure” and as shown in appendix A.

That approval should be given to create an additional Highway Asset Inspector post in order to meet the obligations set out within the code of practice and funded from the anticipated savings of adopting the Highway Management Plan. However if post monitoring and assessment highlights that these savings are not realised then a review of the highway budget will be carried out to seek alternative funding from within the from within the highways budget. The proposed job description for this new post is shown in appendix B.