Executive post

Cabinet Member - Transport and Environment

Description

This portfolio is the political lead for many of the universal services used by residents, including household waste and street cleaning, most enforcement activity, and transport including highways maintenance and the “£24m for ‘24” roads investment programme.

 

·       All matters relating to Waste Management, collection and recycling, including engagement with the BDR Waste Partnership

·       Household Waste Recycling Centres

·       Overall responsibility for Enforcement policy and performance (including Environmental Health, food hygiene and the joint agreement with Doncaster MBC)

·       Highways schemes, repairs and maintenance including all highway inspection, design, network management, enforcement, winter maintenance, highways adoptions, highway licenses, public rights of way, street lighting (including design and build), winter maintenance, and road safety including educational initiatives, road safety strategy (including safety audits), Safety Camera Partnership, Pedestrian Crossing assessments

·       To lead on all aspects of Active Travel, the Cycling Strategy, and issues relating to public transport ? Member of the Safer Roads Partnership

·       Neighbourhood Road safety schemes (including vehicle activated signs and 20mph zones) and school safety schemes

·       Highways Asset Management Policy and Strategy, highway claims, highway, utility company works, road works licensing (including scaffolding, skips, events and planning) and vehicle access crossing applications

·       Maintenance of signs, bollards, benches, cenotaphs, street name plates, road markings, highway fencing and barriers

·       Lead on Local Flood Authority duties, including town centre and other flood prevention investments

·       All matters relating to Highway Drainage (including septic tank and cesspool emptying)

·       All matters relating to Traffic Control Strategies (including Traffic Regulation Orders in relation to the issues within this portfolio), Intelligent Traffic Management (automated signs) and Signing Strategy