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Traffic Management Act
John Webb
Dave Capon
Technical Manager
United Utilities Water plc
Streetworks Manager
Suffolk County Council
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ACT
Notices, Directions &
Restrictions
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Milestones in History
 NRSWA ….1992
 Co-ord Code 2nd Ed ….2001
 Co-ord Code 3rd Ed
(Draft Only)
…..2003
 TMA
....2004
Winsor Castle fire in ‘Annus
Horribilis’
Foot and Mouth
England wins Rugby World
Cup
George Bush Re-elected !!!
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£££££ loss to
economy
through
‘Traffic
Disruption’…
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£££££ loss to economy through ‘Traffic Disruption’…
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£££££ loss to economy through ‘Traffic Disruption’…
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Background to the new Code
 Act is aimed at improving traffic flows
 Government recognise that other effects eg: parked
vehicles/obstructions, incidents & events do cause
disruption
 Network Management Guidance now defines “total
network management”
 Statistically
approx 10 - 15% disruption is due to streetworks
and roadworks
> 70% due to traffic volume & incidents
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Background to the new Code
 NRSWA served us well
 Co-ordination and Notice Administration not the most
efficient area
 Co-ordination Code 3rd Edition “draft” tried to resolve
many of the problems
- Improved Guidance on TS designation
- Greater advance Notice periods
- Cancellation of Notices where no work to proceed
- Clarification of Appendix “E” rules
 Never published – overtaken by TMA – many ideas taken
forward into TMA.
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Act is in 7 parts
Part 1: Traffic Officers
Part 2: Network Management by local traffic
authorities
Part 3: Permit schemes
Part 4: Streetworks
Part 5: Highways & Roads
Part 6: Civil enforcement of traffic conventions
Part 7: Miscellaneous & general
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DRAFT Code of Practice
- Volume I : Permit and Notice Procedures
- Volume II : Operations and Guidance
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Part 4: Streetworks
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New “Notice” rules
Concept of “Incursion”
“Registerable Activities”
S56 - Timing of Works
S56A – Directions as to Placing of Apparatus
S58 – Exclusions following substantial roadworks
S58A – exclusions following substantial streetworks
Traffic Sensitivity definitions
All the above relate to both utility and highway works
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Part 4: Streetworks
New “Notice” rules
 Recognised that co-ordination is HA responsibility
 Difficult to achieve real co-ordination for majority
of works in current regime
 Focus on most traffic disruptive work ie: former
Major and Standard Works (Activities)
 Concept is to shift from “work type” to “duration”
of street occupation
 “Incursion” concept created !
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Part 4: Streetworks
“Incursion”
 “Incursion”…. Includes;
– work in carriageway, including plant and vehicles
– diversion of pedestrians, cyclists etc into carriageway
– storage of materials on carriageway
– Parking outside site boundary in non-designated
parking place ( eg: Bus Lanes/Yellow Line/No Loading
prohibitions)
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Part 4: Streetworks
“Registerable Activities”
Street/highway works now classified as Activities…
An “Activity” …. “Has the potential to cause delay or disruption”
All Activities will be Registerable except;
 Works not breaking up the street, and either
– Not opening or creating an incursion into a carriageway of TS street
during a TS period
– not involving vehicle halting on carriageway (in non-legitimate parking
place) for >10 mins in 1 hour & 60 minutes in 1 day
NOTE: New rule may encompass many activities not currently monitored
eg: Water Industry : Sewer inspection/cleaning/valving/ flushing could be
affected
– HAs need to recognise that this rule will apply equally to their activities
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Classification of Activities
Overhaul of existing classifications to reflect likely
impact of activities
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Programmed activities
Major activities
Standard activities
Minor activities
Immediate activities
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 Programmed activities
– Activities which have been identified specifically in an
organisation’s annual operating programme or which, if not,
are normally planned or known about at least 6 months in
advance of the proposed start date.
 Major activities
– Where there is incursion into the carriageway and where the
planned duration is more than 10 days.
– Where a temporary traffic order is required under the Road
Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
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 Standard activities
– Activities where there is incursion
into carriageway with planned
duration of 10 days or less (two number duration categories).
 Minor activities
– Activities which involve no incursion
into the carriageway.
 Immediate activities
– Emergency street works
– Urgent street works
– Highway authority work of equivalent emergency/ urgency
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Street characteristics
Activity
classifications
Category 0-2 &
traffic sensitive
S54
S55/57
Programmed
Category 3 and 4:
non traffic sensitive
s54
S55/57
6 months
Major
3 months
Standard 4 to 10 days 2 months
20 days
20 days
20 days
6 months
3 months
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20 days
20 days
20 days
Standard <4 days
Minor
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20 days
3 days
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10 days
3 days
Immediate
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2 hours
after
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2 hours
after
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New Notice Rules
So………
If any part of a works cause “incursion” into a carriageway the
notice periods are much more restrictive !
eg: In a Class 3 / 4 road …a 3 day duration activity requires 10
days !!
In a Class 3 / 4 road a 12 day duration activity requires 3
months advance notice (S54) and 20 days (S55) notice
In ANY road “Programmed” activity require 6 months
advance notice (S54) and 20 days (S55) notice
 Class 1 & 2, and Traffic Sensitive Streets generally have longer
lead-in times
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New Notice Rules
 Need to be much improved at advance planning of works
 Need to communicate early with HA in the planning stage…as
well as during ongoing works
 Stick to the definitions !
 Remember,……FPN’s are lurking to catch any
non-compliance
Communication !
Communication !
Communication !
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TRAFFIC SENSITIVE PROCESS
Authority Gives Notice (containing ASD and
Deadline for comments ) to:
 Every undertaker working or intending to work in
the area
 Any local authority in whose area the street is
situated
 Emergency Services
 PTE’s and Transport Authorities in the Area
 Authority must carefully consider objections
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TRAFFIC SENSITIVE RULES
Major Areas of Change.
 Congestion Charging is in Place
 Street carries more than 8 buses per hour
 Designated for Pre-Salting
 On a Tourist Route
 Is an A or B Road
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REGISTERS
 Electronic System
 GIS Technology 2008
IMPORTANT
 Public Accessible Web-Site
 Retrieved by USRN or Street Descriptor
 XML Schema
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New Notice Rules
 S74 Durations / Revisions / Works Closing rules MUST
STILL BE FOLLOWED
- S74 charging rules amended !
 Notice Cancellation
- Now includes detailed advice that notices MUST BE
CANCELLED where no works are to proceed.
Failure to do so may result in a FIXED PENALTY
NOTICE
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New Notice Rules - Registration
 Completion of Reinstatement
- Removes need for S70(3) Notice
- Will now have 10 days to submit Registration details…BUT
MORE DETAIL REQUIRED
 Site Polygon ( from summer 2008)
 names of accredited supervisors and operatives who carried out
the work
 date(s) of occupation of the site
 reinstatement construction details
 weather conditions at the time the wearing course laid
 depth of apparatus
 start date of guarantee period
 actual inspection units number
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Power to Direct
 Section 56 – Timing of Works
– Ability to direct date as well as time of day - Jan’ 2005
– Directing works which have started - still to come !
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Power to direct
 S56A - Directions as to Placing of Apparatus
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- HA can ask utility to place proposed new
apparatus in an alternative street if traffic
disruption can be proved to be reduced
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- Utility cannot be forced to use the “alternative
street”, but can be denied from using original
choice ( Level 5 fine for ignoring the direction)
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Power to restrict
 S58 - Exclusions following substantial roadworks
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- Current 12 month exclusion period now amended
to “Prescribed Period” in Regulations….Code of
Practice includes scale up to 5 years !
 S58A
- new clause to also allow exclusion following
“substantial streetworks” by a utility
(6 months to 1 year)
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Power to restrict
Restrictions – S58 and S58A
 Previously 1 year restriction – now ranked by impact
- Newly constructed roads
- Reconstructed roads
- Resurfaced roads
- Substantial Streetworks (S58A)
 Exemptions for IMMEDIATE WORKS
 HA Consent for CUSTOMER CONNECTIONS
5 Years
5 Years
3 Years
1 Year ( 6 Month in
Type 3 / 4)
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Volume II : Operations & Guidance
 Includes general guidance for co-ordination, works at railway
level crossings etc
 New concept area ….
“Assessing the Impact of Activities”
Formula for …..”Disruption Effect Score”…based on width of
carriageway and width of works to calculate potential disruption.
THIS MAY BE USED TO DECIDE WHETHER TO ISSUE S56
“TIMINGS” OR NOT
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Summary
So, …..Streetworks - Several elements – some significant effects
 Major changes to “notice” rules
 Notice Periods – longer advance notice (Permits in a Permit Scheme
area)
 New concept of “Incursion” into carriageway
 New Classification of “Activities”
 S56 …Direct of both “day” and “time of day”
 S56A…. Direct (Deny) routes for apparatus
 S58…. Restrict access after Substantial Roadworks… 3 to 5 years !
 S58A…. Restrict access after Substantial Streetworks …. Up to 1
year
 S70(3) …End of Day Notice gone – but more detail required on
“Registration”
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COMMUNICATION !
COMMUNICATION !
COMMUNICATION !