Older Peoples Assembly 27 September 2016 1 Presentation Roads, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Older People’s Assembly

27 September 2016

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Presentation Roads, Pavements and Parking

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Roads, Pavements and Parking

David Knowles - Transport & Projects Senior Manager

Introduction...

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Roads, Pavements and Parking

Who we are:

• David Knowles -

Transport & Projects Senior Manager

• Roy Clark - Parking

Services Manager

• Dalton Cenac - Highways

and Traffic Manager

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Roads, Pavements and Parking

Three key sections:

• 1. Transport & Projects

○ Traffic and road safety - including walking & cycling, traffic calming, road safety engineering & training ○ Public Transport liaison - buses and rail ○ Consultation & design for new parking schemes ○ Town Centre improvement schemes

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• 2. Parking Services

○ Managing and enforcing parking on roads and in car parks - including permits & appeals

• 3. Highways & Traffic Management

○ Looking after roads and streetlighting ○ Liaising with utility contractors (e.g. gas, electricity, phone lines and water)

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Parking in our streets… a little history

• The parking meter was

invented in Oklahoma, USA in 1935; it was first used in Westminster in June 1958;

One of the first parking meters in London in 1958

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Parking in our streets… a little history

• Until the 1950s, ‘no parking’ was indicated by

red & blue upright signs on yellow & black posts;

• The first yellow lines were trialled in 1956 (in

Slough);

• ‘Double Yellow Lines’ were introduced in 1960

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• In 1964, ‘no loading’

was introduced (‘blips’

• n kerbs - see photo);
• Disabled parking and

badges from 1970;

• In 1990, ‘Red Routes’

were introduced for what are now TfL roads;

• Hillingdon’s ‘Brown

Badges’ for our older residents

Carnaby Street, 1967 - nearly fifty years ago - yellow lines and loading blips..

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Looking after our roads… a little history

• The Highways Act 1555:

○ In the Easter week, every parish had to elect "two honest persons" of the parish to serve as the Surveyor of Highways, who would be responsible for the upkeep of those highways within the parish boundaries which ran to market towns. ○ Everybody who owned land had to take part in maintaining the highway for four days a year - or forfeit ten shillings!

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• The Highways Act 1562… increased the obligation to six

days labour a year for 20 years!

• More legislation up to the present day...
• Highways Acts of 1959 & 1980 - the ‘rules of

engagement’ for Highway Authorities Also for traffic….

• Road Traffic Act 1991 - in effect the basis of the traffic

rules for the Police

• Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 - the basis of the

‘rules of engagement’ for Traffic Authorities

Transport & Projects

• what do we do for ‘roads, pavements and

parking’? We...

• Administer the Council’s Road Safety Programme -

including safe crossings;

• Work with Transport for London, Highways England and
• ur neighbours on the road and rail networks, including

buses and trains;

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Transport & Projects

• what do we do for ‘roads, pavements and

parking’? We...

• Look for funding opportunities to help improve our roads
• Manage and implement ‘Traffic Regulation Orders’ - the

legal tools behind parking, which have to comply with the legislation already mentioned;

• Consult upon and manage the introduction of new yellow

lines and parking schemes

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Parking Management Schemes

• When residents petition the Council for area wide

parking controls, we carry out surveys, scope out

• ptions and undertake informal consultations;
• We generally offer residents a choice:

○ single yellow lines for an hour once or twice during the day may be enough to deal with commuters, but may be inconvenient because it applies to everyone; or

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Parking Management Schemes

○ A permit parking scheme, typically Monday to Friday, ensures that the streets are free of commuters and of people leaving their cars while they go

• n holiday!
• Once we know what you want, we have to

do a formal consultation - with notices and adverts

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Roy Clark - Parking Services Manager

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Parking Services – What do we do

• Parking enforcement
• Parking appeals and processing
• Parking permits
• Public car parks
• Managing the Older Persons Brown Badge

scheme

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Parking Enforcement

Why do we enforce the parking regulations?

• For road safety
• To ease congestion and maintain traffic flow
• To manage competing demands for limited kerb

space, from residents, businesses, visitors and indirect users such as pedestrians

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The Powers

• The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
• The Road Traffic Act 1991
• Various London Local Authorities Acts
• The Traffic Management Act 2004

These Acts impose an explicit duty on local authorities to control parking in their areas

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Enforcement of parking restrictions

• Our contractor APCOA Parking carries out

enforcement of the parking regulations in Hillingdon

• Mixture of foot patrols, vehicle patrols and

CCTV monitored areas

• Patrol from 6 am until 10 pm (Mon-Sat), 8am

until 10pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays

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The extent of parking restrictions

Parking Management Schemes

• Parking places for permit holders only
• Parking places for general use
• Yellow lines

Unrestricted areas

• No parking restrictions at all, or
• Some yellow lines, or
• Formal or informal footway exempt schemes

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Areas of concern

• Schools
• Footways
• Disabled parking areas
• Dropped kerbs
• Mini cab vehicles

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Parking appeals and processing

• Consider any appeals from motorists
• Handle appeals with the independent

adjudicator at the London Tribunals

• Process penalty charge notices
• Issue CCTV PCN

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Parking Permits

• Issue resident parking permits
• Issue visitors vouchers
• Handle applications for business and car park

permits

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Car Parks

• Operate 27 car parks throughout the borough
• Maintain the environment of all the car parks
• Operate all on-street pay and display areas
• Process Brown Badge applications

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Parking Services contact details

• Parking enforcement hotline, contact APCOA

Parking on 01895 271 418

• Parking Enforcement – 01895 556 408 or

parkingenforcement@hillingdon.gov.uk

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Parking Services Contact Details (cont…)

• Brown Badges - 01895 250 926 or

brownbadge@hillingdon.gov.uk

• Parking Appeals – 01895 556 000 or

parkingappeals@hillingdon.gov.uk

• Parking Permits – 01895 250 633 or

parkingpermits@hillingdon.gov.uk

• Car Parks – 01895 250 926 or

carparks@hillingdon.gov.uk

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Dalton Cenac - Highways and Traffic Manager

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• 701km of roads
• 905km of pavements
• 260 bridges & structures
• 16,000 street trees
• 33,900 road gullies
• 31,200 street lights & other illuminated

street furniture

Highway Assets we’re responsible for:

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Highway Assets we’re responsible for:

Valued at £1.12billion

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Hillingdon’s Road Network

• Motorways
• Transport for London Road

Network (TLRN)

• Principal (‘A’) Roads – Main

Distributor

• Classified (‘B’ & ‘C’) Roads –

Secondary Distributor

• Unclassified Roads (Local &

Estate Roads)

• Public Rights of Way – 110km
• Other roads not maintainable

at public expense

Highways Act 1980

Section 41(1) of the Highways Act, 1980, provides as follows:

• “The authority who are for the time being the Highway

Authority for a highway maintainable at the public expense are under a duty … to maintain the highway.”

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Highways Act 1980

Section 58(1) of the Act provides a defence to the absolute duty created by Section 41(1) as follows:

• “In an action against a highway authority in respect of

damage resulting from their failure to maintain a highway maintainable at the public expense it is a defence … to prove that the authority has taken such care as in all the circumstances is reasonably required to secure that the part of the highway to which the action relates was not dangerous to traffic.”

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Highway Maintenance Functions

• Planned Maintenance
• Regulatory Functions
• Reactive Maintenance

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Planned Maintenance

• Reconstruction
• Resurfacing
• Surface Dressing
• Micro-asphalts
• Joints & crack sealing
• Drainage improvements
• Town centre enhancements

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Maintenance issues 1

Responsive repairs creating “patchwork” appearance

• Poor ride quality
• Unsightly
• Unpopular with

residents

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Maintenance issues 2

Surfaced over many years ago – patching inappropriate – requires the renewal

• f the tarmac surface

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How do we prioritise?

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Regulatory Functions

• Network Management
• Remove obstructions
• Unauthorised signs
• Overhanging vegetation
• Skips and scaffolding

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Reactive Maintenance

• Patching
• Pot holes
• Gully Cleansing
• Ditch Clearance
• Road markings
• Highway Inspections

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Highway Inspections

All roads and footways are regularly inspected to check for defects. Inspections provide basic information to ensure:-

• Network Serviceability
• Network Safety

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Safety Inspections

• The council has an Inspection Regime in place that

sees all roads and footways in the borough inspected for defects on an agreed frequency in line with the Code of Practice for Highway Maintenance Management.

• Within the Regime all defects found during

inspections that are above the Council's intervention levels are repaired in line with agreed time scales.

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Footway trip

Loose or rocking paving slabs 20mm or over

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Pedestrian Guardrail

Damaged pedestrian guardrail - a safety hazard

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Tree root damage

Uneven surface leading to trips or potholes

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Carriageway – Pothole

Potential accident or claim for damage if not repaired 40mm or over

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Carriageway – Edge deterioration

Uneven surface – will eventually lead to potholes

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Rechargeable works

Damage to footways due to third parties

• building works

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....not all highway defects are repaired

Cracked paving below intervention level

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How do we ensure network safety?

• Safety inspection regime – picks up “hazardous defects”

through regular inspections

• Highway Licensing & Enforcement – obstructions /

structures on the highway

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How do we ensure network safety?

• Responsive maintenance – e.g. defect reports & service

requests via the Contact Centre

• Emergency call-out measures – ‘Rapid Response’ crew

during normal working hours – ‘Standby’ 24 hour call-out

Please do report any specific concerns.

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Deterioration of the highway network is accelerating...

The Challenges ….

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The Way Forward….

• Highway Asset Management Plan
• Strategic document that will facilitate a

longer term approach to highway management and programming

• Allows the optimal allocation of resources

based on available budgets

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Thank you!

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