The current total Highways maintenance backlog

1) What is the current total Highways maintenance backlog in the Council in monetary terms?

Split by

a) carriageways

b) footways

c) bridges/Structures

d) Drainage

e) Streetlighting

What were these figures in the following years 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

The highways maintenance ‘backlog’ is calculated for each iteration of the Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Strategy as the difference between the Gross Replacement Cost and the Depreciated Replacement Cost for each asset group. The figures are calculated using a Department for Transport approved method.

The strategy is published on the Lincolnshire County Council website as each strategy is approved as a formal decision.

Strategy 2026-29 can be found at Microsoft Word - Appendix A - HIAMS 2026 - 2029 - DRAFT

Strategy 2022-25 can be found at Appendix A HIAMS 2022 - 2025.pdf

Strategy 2016-22 can be found at Appendix A.pdf

As such, this information is exempt from disclosure in accordance with the exemption set out at Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which provides that a public authority need not comply with a request for disclosure under the Act where that information is reasonably accessible by other means.