Mouchel TMA Services

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Mouchel TMA Services
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THE 2004 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ACT (2004 TMA)
The 2004 TMA does not replace NRSWA 1991- It
adds to it.
It tightens the regulatory framework under 1991
and gives new powers to Highway Authorities.
Objective of Act To reduce disruption and
inconvenience caused by either volume of traffic,
incidents or works
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Why TMA ?

• Road traffic has increased enormously (84
  increase between 1980 and 2006)
• More than 33 million vehicles registered in the
  UK -more two car households than no-car
  households
• Growth projections suggest additional congestion
  costs of 22 billion every year in England by
  2025
• 85 per cent of people tell us that congestion is
  a serious or very serious problem for the country
• Safety has improved (on target to meet 40 target
  by 2010)
• Climate change concerns (exacerbated by driving
  styles, road design) increasingly prominent in
  our minds

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TMA Purpose

• Authorities are required to manage their road
  network to secure the expeditious movement of
  traffic on their network and to facilitate the
  same on the network of others
• Guidance on intervention Criteria (England) Order
  2007

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Accurate Works Data
Safety at Work
New Processes
Financial Implications
Communications
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Complete Road Space Management.
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Underground Assets in the UK The Scale

• 275,000 km of gas mains
• 353,000 km of sewers
• 396,000 km of water mains
• 482,000 km of electricity cable
• PLUS
• an estimated 2,000,000 km of BT and cable
  companies (20 in central London alone)
• highway drains and surface water sewers
• traffic management cabling (lights, signs, etc)
• utility service connections to property
• Network Rails assets including signalling,
  drainage, power and telecommunications,
  electrification and plant, and
• nationally-important oil pipelines.

Source M Farrimond. UKWIR 2006
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SCOPE OF THE WORK
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Records Code of Practice

• Changes will only happen if they are backed by
  legislation
• It is time to review the Records regulations and
  Code of Practice
• HAUC Records group will validate the findings of
  NUAG and build on them to ensure the solution is
  workable.

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Records Working Groups

• Steering Group to manage programme of work and
  ensure right strategic direction
• 5 Working groups to provide detailed expertise,
  validate NUAG findings and draft Regulations and
  CoP recommendations and ensure they are robust
  and workable
• 1 group will look for existing Best Practices and
  introduction as early wins

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5 Records sub groups

• Assets and Information
• Good Practice and Benefits
• Unidentified Buried Objects
• Regulations and CoP
• Technology enablers

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Timeline

• Nov 08 - Working groups interim report
• Apr 09 - Working Groups final report and
  recommendations
• Oct 09 - Endorsement by HAUC (UK)
• Nov 09 - Apr 11 - DfT legislative process
  (including consultation)
• Apr 11 Oct 11 - Lead in period for software
  changes
• Oct 2011 - Implementation of regs and software

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But technology is only as good as existing
records
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SUMMARY

• RECORDS ARE CRUCIAL
• POOR RECORD DATA COSTS
• NEED TO EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY
• SELF REGULATION THE CHALLENGE