Yorkshire HAUC

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Yorkshire HAUC

• Delivering the Traffic Management Act 2004

Network Management Duty Intervention
Criteria Code of Practice for Coordination Fixed
Penalty Notices Permits
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Aims of the Traffic Management Act

• Clarity
• Parity
• Tackling congestion reducing disruption

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Why
Network Management Duty

• Potential impact of road congestion on the
  economy
• - delays cost 15 billion per annum
• DfT survey results
• - 90 of respondents consider road congestion a
  serious problem
• - Road works are the most annoying problem

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Network Management Duty

• Part 2 - Network Management by Local Traffic
  Authorities
• Duty
• a) secure the expeditious movement of traffic on
  the authoritys road network and
• b) facilitate the expeditious movement of
  traffic on neighbouring
• networks and traffic (including pedestrians).

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Network Management Duty

• In practical terms this means
• Free flowing network
• Reducing the impact of works, special events,
  incidents etc
• Monitoring and assessing performance

Each authority to appoint Traffic Manager
(statutory post)
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Yorkshire Traffic Managers
Network Management Duty
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Intervention Criteria
Network Management Duty

• A Traffic Director can be appointed and given
  powers to
• Monitor report on any matter
• Intervene in activities / carry out functions of
  the local traffic authority
• Recover the cost of intervention

• Intervention will result in penalties (the loss
  of CPA stars!!)
• Critical PI in the CPA Environment block

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Code of Practice for theCo-ordination of
StreetWorks and Works for Road Purposes
andRelated Matters
New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
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Code of Practice
Aim- to balance the rights of highway
authorities undertakers to carry out works with
the right of road users to expect the minimum
disruption from works
Objectives of Co-ordination
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Code of Practice
The Three Pillars of Co-ordination
Controls
Notices
Tools
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Code of Practice
The Noticing System

• 7 key functions
• Vital component of the co-ordination process
• Enable emergency notices responses
• Triggers inspection regime
• 4. Basis of records for reinstatement
  guarantee periods
• 5. Location records
• 6. Facilitates charging regime, and
• 7. Essential element of the street authority's
  responsibility for
• keeping a register.

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Noticing - Registerable Works
Code of Practice

• Covers street works, road works and major Highway
  works that requires
• breaking up or resurfacing of a street
• opening of the carriageway or cycleway of
  traffic sensitive
• streets at traffic sensitive times
• any form of traffic control
• reduction in lanes (3 or more lanes)
• temporary traffic reg order / notice or
  suspension of pedestrian facilities
• reduction in carriageway width of a TSS at TS
  times

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Noticing - WORKS CATEGORY SELECTION
NO
NO
NO
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How do you decide what Notice to send?
Code of Practice

• Works Definitions based on durations
• Major Works - 11 days or greater
• Standard Works 4 to 10 days
• Minor Works 1 to 3 days
• Immediate Works (burden of proof with
  undertaker)
• Remedial Works

Early Starts are allowable
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How do you decide what Notice to send?
Code of Practice
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Noticing Points
Code of Practice

• Revised durations can be submitted but could be
  challenged
• (overrun charges applied where works are not
  completed within the agreed duration)
• Works Clear for interim reinstatements
• Works Closed for permanent reinstatements
• (permanent reinstatement to complete within 6
  months following interim)

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Noticing Rules
Code of Practice

• Compliance with ETON
• Standard descriptions / S74 durations apply /
  working day defined
• One street One notice
• Works must not start before proposed date unless
  otherwise agreed
• Trench sharing
• Road closures portable traffic signals
• Frontages
• Error correction
• Notice cancellation

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Controls - Special
Code of Practice

• Street Classifications
• Restrictions
• Directions

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Controls - Street Classification
Code of Practice

• 3 main categories
• Protected streets
• Streets with special engineering difficulties
• Traffic-sensitive streets

Consultation process before designations can be
made

• Other features of a street

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Controls - Restrictions
Code of Practice
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Controls - Restrictions
Code of Practice
Exemptions

• Minor works which do not involve the breaking up
  or excavating of
• the highway
• Immediate works
• Customer connections
• HSE instruction
• Gas Safety Regulations

Good Practice Discuss with the local authority
any works impacting on restricted streets
Disagreements should be resolved by using
the Dispute resolution procedure
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Controls - Directions
Code of Practice
Section 56 Directions covering the times that
works either proposed, or subsisting can be
carried out

• Subject to 4 Constraints
• 1 undertakers retain right to execute emergency
  works
• 2 serious traffic disruption would be avoided
• 3 subsisting works causing / likely to cause
  serious traffic disruption
• 4 noise abatement of prevention legislation takes
  precedence

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Controls - Directions
Code of Practice
Section 56A Directions covering restrictions
on placing apparatus in the street

• Subject to 3 Constraints
• It applies only to new apparatus
• it can only be used where disruption would be
  reduced by installing
• the apparatus in an alternative street
• it is reasonable

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Controls - Directions
Code of Practice
Section 66 covering avoidance of unnecessary
delay or obstruction

• Works to be completed as quickly as possible
• S66 notice can direct either to reduce or remove
  obstruction
• Must comply within 24 hours

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Code of Practice

• Applying Co-ordination Tools
• Co-ordination meetings
• - Sharing information as early as possible
• - Regular input and attendance
• - Sharing forward plans and programmes
• - Flexibility of programmes
• - Cross boundary working

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Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) Offences
Code of Practice

• Failure Code
• 01 Advance notice
• 02 Starting notice
• 03 Cancellation
• 04 Immediate (emergency works)
• 05 Reinstatement
• 06 Actual start revised duration
• 07 Works clear or closed

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Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) Offences
Code of Practice

• Amount of Penalty
• When a FPN is given the
• Amount of penalty is 120 (36 calendar days)
• Discounted amount 80 (if paid within 29
  calendar days)

FPN must be issued within 91 calendar days
following the offence must have evidence
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Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) What do we
need to do to avoid an FPN?
Code of Practice
Right 1st Time
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Draft Code of Practicefor Permits
Traffic Management Act
Code of Practice for Permits
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Key features of Permit Schemes
Permits

• Requires approval from Secretary of State
• Can apply to all or some of the authoritys
  network
• Schemes can be in partnership between authorities
• Schemes can be in common with others
• Fees applied to every permit
• Disapplication modifications to sections of
  NRSWA

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General Principles
Permits

• Key differences
• Promoters are required to book occupation of a
  street
• Start end dates fixed for Cat 0,1,2 and traffic
  sensitive streets
• Some flexibility on CAT 3 4 non-traffic
  sensitive of start date
• Timing of work more strictly controlled
• Conditions can be applied

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Permit application and response times
Permits
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Conditions
Permits

• Permit to include any constraints proposed in
  application
• Timing duration
• Road space
• Traffic management provisions
• Methodology
• Consultation publicity
• Environmental conditions
• Local conditions
• Immediate activities

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Variations
Permits

• Changing circumstances Activity Promoter /
  Permit Authority
• Extensions allowable
• Multiple excavations
• Circumstances beyond the authorities control
• No formal mechanism for suspension or
  postponement
• Cancellation notice

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Permits Maximum Fees
Permits
Note the scheme must operate on a cost neutral
basis on a year on year basis. Utility Impact
Assessment Required
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Permits Fixed Penalty Notices
Permits

• The penalties
• No permit - 500 (29 day payment discount to
  300)
• Condition breach - 120 (discounted amount 80)

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Permits

• KPIs for permit schemes
• Mandatory
• No. of permit and permit variation applications
  received, the number granted and the number
  refused
• 2. No. of conditions applied by condition type

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Permits

• KPIs for permit schemes
• Optional (Must select at least 2 No optional
  KPIs)
• 3. No.of approved extensions
• 4. No. of occurrences of reducing the application
  period
• 5. No. of agreements to work in section 58 and
  section 58A restrictions
• 6. The proportion of times that a permit
  authority intervenes on applications that would
  normally be expected to be deemed
• 7. No. of inspections carried out to monitor
  conditions

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Implementation Timetable
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• From 1st April 2008
• Directions as to timing of street works and
  placing of apparatus
• Notices of street works
• Restriction on works following substantial road
  works
• Restriction on works following substantial street
  works
• Duty to notify street authority of reinstatement

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• From 12th May 2008
• Fixed penalty offences
• Permits (some time later Sheffield to progress
  early)

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Traffic Management Act

• So, ..Street works Several elements some
  significant effects
• Changes to work categories duration based
• Notice periods longer advanced notice for S54
  S55
• Definition of Registerable Activities
  captures much more
• S56 Direct both day and time of day
• S56A Direct (deny) routes for apparatus
• S58 Restrict access after Substantial Road
  works 3 to 5 years
• S58A Restrict access after Substantial Street
  works up to 1 year
• FPN offences potential for significant cost
  consequences
• Permit schemes more control by LHA fees

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Traffic Management Act

• and, ..Street works What do we need to do
• Improve data quality
• Improve timeliness
• Scenario planning with local authorities (e.g.
  FPN offences)
• Improve test our processes
• Prepare for Permit schemes
• Improve awareness
• Prepare our resources for implementation