Cheshire West and Chester Council to introduce Highways Board

Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Cabinet has agreed today (11th July) to establish a new Highways Board with the first meeting to take place in September.

Councillor Karen Shore, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Transport said:

“This new Board will examine the work of the Highways Service, including budgets, programmes, and performance, and the pressures the service faces as a result of decreasing budgets and increasing inflation. The first meeting in September will consider innovation in Highways and will meet bimonthly.”

The Board will be chaired by Councillor Shore and be made up of eight Members formed from cross party membership, with four Labour Members, three Conservative, and one Independent, supported by senior officers. Councillor Shore will share the Highways Board recommendations with Cabinet for review and where agreed, approval.

Highways is a high profile, frontline service, whose assets, which include roads footways, bridges, street lighting, traffic signals and trees are used by residents daily.