Issue details

The items of plant have been identified as required immediately, prior and outside the current Fleet Replacement Programme which is being prepared for Cabinet. The replacement of these large plant items is critical to front line delivery, and they have now exceeded their life expectancy, and are proving unreliable and uneconomic to repair.
User sections have/will have to hire in machines to cover critical services of replacements are not purchased. Hiring in is not cost effective to the authority.