Strategic Infrastructure

Corporate Lead for Design and Asset Management: Bona Matturi.

This service is responsible for managing and maintaining all our highway assets.

These include roads, bridges, streetlights, traffic signals, drainage, road markings/signs, car parks and public rights of ways. It covers:

• 1130km of roads.
• 1350km of bridleways and rights of ways.
• 1093km footways.
• 283 bridges and 111 rights of way bridges.
• 30,860 street lights.
• 730km walls.

We carry out inspections and surveys to assess the condition of our assets. This is to make sure that they are safe and to identify any maintenance work needed.

Corporate Lead for Transportation: Mary Farrar.

This service is responsible for the development and implementation of our transportation and road safety policies.

This is in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and other West Yorkshire Authorities.

It also includes planning and delivering the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement.

Corporate Lead for Design and Asset Management: Bona Matturi.

This service is responsible for maintenance of the existing infrastructure, which includes:

• Commissioning reactive and planned work (such as safety repairs).
• Resurfacing roads.
• Repairs to bridges and retaining walls.

We have a statutory duty to make sure that roads are safe to travel on.

• This area of our work is governed by a number of different inspections and surveys.
• It is also carried out in response to requests for service by the general public.

Day-to-day maintenance and enforcement activity is delivered by colleagues in the Public Services Directorate.

Network Co-ordination Manager: Alison Stoutt.

This service is responsible for coordinating all road works.

• We have a duty to make sure that traffic is kept moving on our roads.
• This is to make sure that they are completed quickly.
• While keeping to a minimum any traffic disruption from the work carried out by us and others.

We work closely with the water, gas and electric companies and other developers. This is to make sure that planned work is done quickly and at times when traffic flows are lightest.

Corporate Lead for Design and Asset Management: Bona Matturi.

This service is responsible for:

• Improvements to existing highways.
• The construction of new highways to reduce congestion and improve conditions.

We also carry out specific investigations into any areas where road accidents occur.

Corporate Lead for Transportation: Mary Farrar.

This service is responsible for identifying the potential impacts of new developments on the highway.

• We work closely with our colleagues in Planning to review developers' proposals. This is to make sure that they are safe and will create the minimum possible disruption.
• Where applications involve modifications to the highway network, we make sure they are safe and fit for purpose.
• We advise on construction methods, so the Council can adopt any highways resulting from development with a minimum of fuss.

Corporate Lead - Flood Risk Management: Edward Norfolk

As the Lead Local Flood Authority, we are accountable for ensuring the effective management of local flood risks.

We are also responsible for assessing where the risk of flooding is significant and for developing the local flood risk management strategy.

We are a consultee for drainage issues on planning applications and provide drainage expertise to other services.