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Horsham Parish Liaison 2017

Chris Stark, Area Highway Manager Horsham

What we will cover today

• Meet the Horsham Team
• Area Teams - What do we do?
• Asset / Network Management
• Highways Comms / Customer Service
• TROs / CHS / LTIP
• Parking Strategy / Road Space Audits
• Winter service
• Talk with us – What is going well, what

could we do better?

Area Teams - What do we do?

Meet the Horsham Team

• Chris Stark – Area Highway Manager
• Steve Douglas – Traffic Officer
• Seb Willemsen – Highway Engineer
• Stef Wreyford – Highway Steward

(Streetworks)

• Mick Norris – Highway Steward
• Paul Stanford – Highway Steward
• Tom King – Highway Steward

So what do we do?

• Regular inspections of all public highway
• Reactive works (Safety Plus) – up to 35k

defects per annum. Lump sum costs.

– Includes Potholes, trip hazards, overhanging vegetation

• Localised patching – programmed works
• ver and above reactive works.
• Recommend larger scale works
• Monitor road works sites
• Signs and Lines maintenance

Typical Highway Safety Defects

• Potholes – 40mm deep, 150mm wide
• Edge erosion – 100mm deep within

300mm of the carriageway edge

• Footway trip – 20mm deep, 10mm slab,

29mm heave or subsidence.

• Carriageway heave or subsidence
• Sunken / raised / missing covers
• Verge overrun – 100mm deep
• Hedges – 33% of footway obstructed

Works raised

Horsham Area - Total Jobs Raised 01/01/2017 - 13/11/2017 Job Contract Works Type Number District % of Works Raised BB01 Reactive Works 4203 Arun 13.30% 3356 BB02 Planned Works 289 Chichester 26.90% 6798 BB04 Cost Reimburse 270 Crawley 15.50% 3914 BB05 Fixed Sum Works 420 Horsham 21.40% 5391 BB06 Arboricultural Maintenance 59 Mid Sussex 22.90% 5770 BB07 Find and Fix Repairs 150 Worthing Total 5391 Total 25229

Customer enquiries

• VCO assessments
• Drainage issues
• Vegetation and tree queries
• Highway defects such as potholes, trips
• 3rd party Licences (such as tables and

chairs, planting, benches, village gates, Xmas lights)

• Traffic issues inc speed, parking,

disabled bays, TRO requests

What do we not do!

• Enforcement of parking (HDC).
• Street cleansing (HDC).
• Street name plates (HDC).
• Pest extermination (HDC).
• Bollards to prevent parking on verges.
• Cut trees for light or convenience.
• Provide new signs (unless evidence of a

safety problem).

• Responses to planning applications

(Strategic Planning).

Highways Budget Challenge

Locally this means managing expectations

• With reduced budgets we need to focus our

attention on areas of safety and must demonstrate value for money.

• Preventative measures where possible to avoid

reactive spend – Asset management approach

• We cannot solve every problem and with limited

resources and budgets need to prioritise

• This often means saying no.

Asset Management Strategy

Highway Infrastructure in West Sussex

Carriageways Footways & Cycleways Bridges & Structures Traffic Management Equipment Street Furniture Street Lighting

Overall Asset Value in 2016/2017 - £13.137 Billion

What’s driving our approach to Highway Maintenance?

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Guidance (2013) HMEP CoP (2016)

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Everything we do links to our Strategic and Service Delivery Objectives

When is the right time to maintain a road

Typical timeline for planning works delivery

Identify need - for highway maintenance or improvement, and candidate schemes Assess and prioritise need and schemes scope in asset groups / improvement areas (i.e. LTIP, CHS, IFWP) Forward planning – consultation, design, and specification of individual schemes Draft Annual Delivery Programme – Select and optimise schemes for future delivery (aligned to budget availability) Approval - Capital Funding and Programme Delivery - monitor works to ensure they meet delivery and quality requirements

Year 1 or 2 April to March Year 2 May to Nov. December / January Year 2 or 3 April to March

So how are we doing?

For information the data is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/u ploads/attachment_data/file/602325/road- conditions-in-england-2016.pdf

Network Management (Streetworks)

Streetworks Team

• Streetworks Team manage the coordination
• f all highway occupations (works and

events) across the county.

• They try to optimise road space and keep

disruption to a minimum.

• We have a statutory duty to allow utility

providers access to the highway.

• Sometimes clashes are unavoidable.
• All works are charged through a “Permit”

scheme.

• They also manage licences for skips,

scaffold etc.

Roadworks (permitted) in Horsham district 2016

Row Labels IMMEDIATE (EMERGENCY) UNPLANNED REACTIVE WORK IMMEDIATE (URGENT) INTENTION TO ISSUE LICENCE MAJOR MINOR STANDARD Grand Total &age against County AMBERLEY 1 7 4 12 24 0.10 ASHINGTON 3 9 1 7 69 12 101 0.42 ASHURST 2 2 8 12 0.05 BILLINGSHURST 10 48 15 133 22 228 0.96 BRAMBER 2 7 2 15 2 28 0.12 BROADBRIDGE HEATH 2 8 8 43 7 68 0.28 COLDWALTHAM 3 5 31 2 41 0.17 COLGATE 2 3 14 3 22 0.09 COWFOLD 2 11 1 4 38 1 57 0.24 HENFIELD 9 32 1 15 110 13 180 0.75 HORSHAM TOWN 48 223 8 59 616 90 1044 4.37 ITCHINGFIELD 7 10 3 20 0.08 LOWER BEEDING 1 4 3 29 1 38 0.16 NORTH HORSHAM 2 2 5 13 22 0.09 NUTHURST 3 3 2 8 0.03 PARHAM 1 9 10 0.04 PULBOROUGH 6 30 6 97 19 158 0.66 RUDGWICK 2 16 1 3 62 20 104 0.44 RUSPER 13 2 23 8 46 0.19 SHERMANBURY 2 1 7 2 12 0.05 SHIPLEY 3 5 34 1 43 0.18 SLINFOLD 10 3 46 6 65 0.27 SOUTHWATER 4 37 3 14 134 37 229 0.96 STEYNING 11 60 1 3 145 19 239 1.00 STORRINGTON 13 49 1 6 135 19 223 0.93 THAKEHAM 1 9 2 4 22 15 53 0.22 UPPER BEEDING 4 17 1 46 5 73 0.31 WARNHAM 6 8 2 23 1 40 0.17 WASHINGTON 7 14 35 7 63 0.26 WEST CHILTINGTON 1 16 7 51 5 80 0.34 WEST GRINSTEAD 6 1 22 1 30 0.13 WISTON 1 9 10 0.04 WOODMANCOTE 8 2 20 7 37 0.16 Horsham District 128 660 19 207 2064 330 3408 14.28 County Total 1093 5124 97 1364 13990 2196 23864

3408 14.28 23864

Highways Communications and Customer Service

• Approx. 5,000 highways contacts per month

1st Jan 2016- 31st Dec 2016 Monthly Ave 2016 %

Adur and Worthing 8451 704 16.7 Arun 8268 689 16.4 Chichester 9572 798 19 Crawley 5379 448 10.7 Horsham 9659 805 19.1 Mid Sussex 9159 763 18.1

How are these received?

What is the industry average cost of these contacts?

• The industry average cost of:

– Face to face - £8.62 – Letter - £5.66 – Email - £4.25 – Telephone call - £2.83 – Online - £0.15

Promoting online contact:

• Provides a consistent approach to

customers.

• Online helps – saves the customer time and

us time – direct entry into our system

• Saves on revenue cost
• Allows us time to deal with more complex

issues

• Trackable through our system so we can

manage our performance

• It’s 18 X cheaper than a call and

28 X cheaper than an email!

How to contact us

• Telephone: 01243 642105
• Self service for information(finding out):

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/

• Quick and Effective reporting
• f defects:

http://love.westsussex.gov.uk Love west sussex phone app

• https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/report-a-

problem-with-a-road-or-pavement/

• General Enquiries

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/make- an-enquiry-about-a-road-or-pavement/

Further links

• Roadworks and projects inc Annual Delivery

Programme https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and- travel/roadworks-and-projects/

• Road works map

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and- travel/roadworks-and-projects/roadworks/roadworks- and-road-closures-map/

• Highways Twitter

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/west- sussex-highways-twitter/

• Public Transport, Walking and Cycling

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/travel- and-public-transport/

Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) & Community Highway Schemes (CHS)

TROs

• TROs are the legal documents that support any

prohibition or restriction on the use of the public highway.

• There is a statutory process to introduce them,

inc 21 day public consultation period.

• Valid objections must be given due

consideration.

• Resource hungry so have to be restricted in
• number. North Horsham 3, Chanctonbury 1.
• Maximum value through the CLC route is £3k

per TRO.

• Could be delivered as a 3rd party scheme –

costs £7500 minimum.

CHS

• Community Highway Schemes are an opportunity for

local communities to request improvements to the public highway.

• Priority to schemes promoting sustainable transport.
• Good examples are new footways, pedestrian crossing

facilities, junction improvements.

• Local traffic calming may be considered on safety

grounds.

• Schemes typically costing between £3k and £200k.
• Applicant will need to demonstrate local support.
• Delivery will take at least 2 years.
• Capital funded, we will make use of s106 where

available.

TRO and CHS application process

Public Demand Member Contact Local Engagement Submit Form Score & cost Recommendation Report Implementation CLCs can allocate between 1 and 3 TROs per annum Where will vehicles displace to CLC Decision – Oct / Nov Cabinet Member Decision - Dec Following financial year Feasibility following financial year, implementation the year/years after Who will be affected What are the benefits I am happy to provide advice at any stage of the process.

How to apply

• TROs:

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and- travel/traffic-regulation-orders/about- tros/apply-for-a-traffic-regulation-order-tro/

• CHS:

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure- recreation-and-community/supporting-local- communities/apply-for-a-community-highways- scheme/

Local Transport Investment programme (LTIP)

• New process, similar to CHS.
• Aimed specifically at Transport

Infrastructure

• Walking, cycling etc & Safety

Schemes

• Bidding for similar funds as CHS.
• Sibling to the Strategic Transport

Investment Programme (STIP) for major schemes usually costing £1m+

S106

Highways (typically labelled as Sustainable Transport) section 106 contributions are specifically paid so the Highways Authority can implement measures on the highway to mitigate the impacts of development within an area or parish. Only the Highways Authority can determine the needs of the network based on engineering and asset management assessments. If appropriate, section 106 money may be used by the Highways Authority to deliver Community Highway Schemes.

Parking Strategy

Parking Strategy Team

• Integrated Parking Strategy (Policy/Guidance)
• Civil Parking Enforcement
• Road Space Audits
• Resident’s Parking Schemes
• On-Street Parking Charges

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/parking/

Controlled Parking Schemes

• Currently working on finishing

Horsham and Billingshurst.

• Annual review of existing parking

schemes only.

• No new CPZs or RPSs in West

Sussex.

Road Space Audits – Think Different

• A more progressive approach
• Consider wider place/locality based

planning

• Needs a clear vision for how residents and

businesses want a place to evolve.

• Data collection
• Identify potential future demands and

pressures and make recommendations for improvement

• Consultation with Stakeholders

RSA’s Priority

• Priority Growth Areas - Crawley,

Burgess Hill, Worthing

• Pipeline Areas - Horsham, Bognor

Regis, Littlehampton and Shoreham . Railways.

• Locally Identified Areas - Ad hoc RSAs
• r Parking Management Plans to be

undertaken by District/Borough/Parish Councils using the WSCC toolkit.

Hold On Though!

• RSA’s are not a panacea to all of an area’s

parking and transport problems. Whilst they may seek to identify an approach for remedying such problems at a strategic level, they are not necessarily equipped to deal with localised parking and transport issues

• They are advisory and enabling documents that

complement existing statutory plans and emerging studies in respect of transport infrastructure, parking policy and spatial planning

Winter Maintenance Service

• Precautionary Salting Network
• There are 4,000 km of roads within West Sussex.
• Whilst it would be convenient to spread salt on all roads during adverse

weather, realistically we have to prioritise which roads are treated.

• The Precautionary Salting Network is 1,600km of roads and forms the

network which is treated in advance of adverse weather. The Precautionary Salting Network is divided into Priority 1, 2 & 3 roads.

• Priority 1. Primary Roads main A & B road network (as defined in the West

Sussex Local Transport Plan), approaches to Hospitals, Ambulance and other Emergency Services.

• Priority 2. Remainder of the A and B road network not treated as Priority 1.
• Priority 3. All other roads that make up the Precautionary Salting Network

that is not a Priority 1 or 2.

Precautionary Salting Network

• The Met Office provide a daily and up to

five day forecast.

• This goes to a decision maker, currently

Balfour Beatty

• They determine if salting should occur, a

time and the amount

• The best time to go out is about 4 hours

before road temps hit zero

• The daily decision is posted on the

Highways Twitter feed.

Decision making

Spread rates The amount of salt applied to a surface varies depending on the forecasted temperature and conditions. Typically

• 10 grams of salt is applied to each metre square of road surface as

a precautionary treatment when surface temperatures are forecast to fall between 0OC and -2 OC and ice or hoar frost is anticipated.

• 20 grams of salt is applied to each metre square of road surface as

a precautionary treatment when surface temperatures are forecast to fall below -2 OC and ice or hoar frost is anticipated.

• 40 grams of salt is applied to each metre square of road surface as

a precautionary treatment when snow is anticipated.

Spread rates

Spread rate - 20g

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