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Aug 2020
County council approves £8m funding for highways company vehicles
Senior county councillors have approved £8 million worth of funding to purchase vehicles on behalf of the authority's new highways company.
NY Highways Ltd, which was announced by the authority in June, is set to take over the council’s £40 million highways contract next year.
The new company will maintain the county’s roads and the authority said the new arrangement will give them greater flexibility and control, and will also remove “contractual constraints”.
Now, senior county councillors have approved £8 million worth of of additional funding on top of £2 million already set aside to purchase specialist vehicles.
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A report before county councillors said:
The cost is expected to be recharged to NY Highways Ltd once it is in operation, which is expected to be from June 1, 2021.
It comes as Ross Bullerwell has been announced as manager director of NY Highways. The council advertised the post for around £100,000 a year with flexible benefits.
Cllr Don Mackenzie, the executive member for access, welcomed the news of his appointment and said:
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