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Councillor Stowell-Corten.
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The Minutes from 19 March 2025 were confirmed as a true record.
The Deputy Leader/Cabinet Member for Education and Early Years presented the above report, which provided the outcome data for secondary schools within Newport for 2023-24 . The report focused on the 5 Welsh Government published measures for 2024 which were: § The Capped 9 § Literacy § Numeracy § Science § Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate In 2024, Newport had an exceptionally low number of pupils with no qualifications; 98.9% of pupils received between one and twelve qualifications in year 11. The Deputy Leader congratulated all schools for their hard work as well as the Education Team for their constant support. To access a full recording of the comments made by elected members please refer to the Council’s YouTube channel. Democratic meetings / Cyfarfodydd democrataidd Decision: Cabinet considered and noted the report.
The Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Assets presented the report setting out the strategic way the Council managed the highway asset over a five-year period. The highway was the Council’s largest asset with a replacement cost of £1.26bn, which continued to both grow with new developments, and remain under pressure due to high demand. The assets included the following classes, with further information included within the report: § Carriageways § Footways § Structures § Streetlights § Traffic management systems and § Street furniture The figures related to the current backlog and steady state, these being £118.7M and £6.4M respectively. All Local Authorities had backlogs and significant steady state funding requirements. To access a full recording of the comments made by elected members please refer to the Council’s YouTube channel. Democratic meetings / Cyfarfodydd democrataidd Decision: Cabinet adopted the draft Highway Asset Management Plan 2024-2029 as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.
The Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Assets presented the report. Options for provision of street lighting were outlined by the Cabinet Member: Option 1: Switch on every other street light between the hours of 12 midnight and 6am or, Option 2: Alter the hours during which the street lights were switched off, so they were switched off between 12 midnight and 5am or, Option 3: Retain the current arrangements Councillor D Davies proposed to Cabinet that option 1 be the preferred option considered by Cabinet. This was seconded by Councillor Lacey. To access a full recording of the comments made by elected members please refer to the Council’s YouTube channel. Democratic meetings / Cyfarfodydd democrataidd Decision: The Cabinet resolved to proceed with option 1, i.e. to instruct officers to switch on every other street light across the whole of the Council's highway network during all hours of darkness, except for in areas where all streetlights are currently switched on all night which are unaffected by this decision. this decision.
This was the regular monthly report on the work programme. Decision: Cabinet agreed the Work Programme.
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