Agenda item

Report of the City Surveyor

This item was originally listed in Part 2 of the agenda but on further advice it was agreed that the item should be considered in public.

At the meeting on 29 January the Committee Members expressed concern that the Millennium Inclinator would be out of service for a significant length of time and asked that a full report on the works being undertaken including an equality assessment and future maintenance regime be reported back to the next Committee.

The report before Members set out the detail of the current project being undertaken which was scheduled to run until the end of April 2018, however the City Surveyor advised that officers were proactively working with the contractor to complete the project as soon as possible to bring the inclinator back in to service earlier.

Several Members expressed concern that such an important public lift would be out of action for so long and asked what could be done to prevent a recurrence in the future.

The City Surveyor advised that there was no guarantee that the inclinator would not break down again in future however an appropriate maintenance plan would be put in place to reduce the risk of it doing so.

It was agreed that Members should be kept informed and advised of any issues immediately as they arose in order that resident’s queries could be addressed.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.