Overview & Scrutiny Committee

Hertfordshire Highways

Overview & Scrutiny Committee

Briefing 24 November 2011

Danny Kyan

St Albans District Manager


Overview of Hertfordshire HighwaysWho are we and what do we do?• Environment and Commercial Services Department, Transport

Management Group, Hertfordshire Highways, Road Safety, ITS (PTU), TPP & LTP

• Strategic Alliance comprising Client (HCC), Consultant (M) & Contractor (ALF) to provide an Integrated Highway Service

• Single Agency responsible for the maintenance & provision of highway services on 5,000 KM of the County’s road network (except for Motorways) including structures & drainage

• Over 800 employees co-located in one Strategic Office (contract, plans & policy), Local Area Offices & depots - (operational delivery)

• Asset Value - £4bn (depreciation - £30m pa), Budget / Turnover - in the region of £40 m per year


Contents

Presentation on

1. Illegal crossovers and damage to grass verges including

from car parking.

2. Concern about pot holes, resurfacing and repairs,

especially after snow in Winter 2010.


Illegal crossovers and damage to grass verges including from car parking – 1.

Verge protection considerations

• Statutory duty under S130 Highways Act 1980

• HJMP Verge Management Sub Group 2011

• Sub Group Meetings March / May / November

• Members and officers from both authorities

• Facilitate future optimum verge protection

• Develop objectives and action plans


Illegal crossovers and damage to grass verges including from car parking – 2.

Verge protection activity

• SADC promoted verge protection TROs in 2010

• Licences to store building materials on the highway

• Highway Condition Agreement - Good Practice

• Verge protection press release

• Verge damage & Illegal Crossovers enforcement procedure

• SADC to trial Prohibition of Verge Parking TRO scheme

• Tackle acute verge damage from available resources.


Illegal crossovers and damage to grass verges including from car parking – 3

Verge protection actions programme

• Building Materials Licence – December 2011

• Builders Guidance Notes – December 2011

• Verge control press release – January 2012

• Highway Condition Licence – January 2012

• SADC Verge TRO Scheme – Scope in 2012/13


Illegal crossovers and damage to grass verges including from car parking – 4

Verge protection controls

• SADC civil enforcement officers issuing penalty tickets

• Supplementary enforcement from HH finite resources

• Verge damage repairs rechargeable costs sought by HH

• Funding opportunities sought for verge protection measures

• Identify a few acute verge damage sites to pursue deterrent


Any questions?

So far


Concern about pot holes, resurfacing and repairs, especially after snow in Winter 2010 – 1.

• The DfT provision of £3.87m to HCC in 2011/12

• Includes £1.9m for permanent repair of potholes and other damage caused by the severe weather

• Local area office staff coordinate winter repair programmes

• Hazardous potholes on principal road network are made safe

• Localised defects included in planned patching programmes

• The public can visit our website www.hertsdirect.org/highwayfaults

• Hertfordshire Highways Fault Line telephone No: 0300 123 4047



Hertfordshire’s Highway Services

•Annual condition surveys are undertaken across the network

•Asset management led annual Integrated Works Programme

•Members Consultation at April and October through HJMP

•Regular safety inspections carried out across the network

•Identified or reported hazardous defects are made safe

•Medium term repairs identified on a priority basis,

•Annual programmes of general structural maintenance

http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/transtreets/hightransguidnotes/



Facts & Figures – Indicative Annual Activity• Maintain 5,000 km of road & 113,000 street lights• Cut 13,000,000 square meters of grass• Maintain 580 sets of Traffic Lights• Maintain165,000 road gullies• Our network carries an average of 3.7m journeys per day• 25% busier than the national average

http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/transtreets/highways/abouthh/



Highway Maintenance Budgets

Current Year 2011/12

Programme Approximate Value

Category 1 Works £ 6.3 million

Category 2 Works £ 9.0 million

Super Cat. 2 Works £ 3.3 million

IWP Maintenance £17.7 million

Cyclical Maintenance £ 5.0 million

Discretionary Measures £ 1.0 million



Highway Maintenance Budgets

Next Year 2012/13

Programme Approximate Value £million

Category 1 Works £ 6.3 (no change)

Category 2 Works £ 7.0 ( 2.0 moved to HLB)

Category 3 (HLB) Works £ 5.9

Category 3 (Discretionary) £ 1.0 (no change)

Category 4 (IWP) Works £16.3 (0.6 moved to HLB)

Category 5 (Cyclical) £ 5.0 (no change)



Cat 1- Hazard mitigation defined in Safety Inspection manual

Cat 2- Asset Protection / Assess & Decide Being reviewed for new contractCat 3- HLB Member directed works / local asset

protection and improvement schemesCat 4 - IWP technically driven programme / larger

maintenance and improvement schemesCat 5- Contractor directed cyclic maintenance service to

defined frequency and standards



Highway Locality Budgets (HLB) arranged in two phases

Phase 1 – Suggested amount £65,000

• Capital type works (e.g road resurfacing predominately)

• Early commitment needed for contractual lead-in times

• Benefiting from discount & summer months

Phase 2 – residual (need to keep some back)

• Revenue type works (minor works, reacting to requests)

• Programmed throughout the year



What can HLB be spent on ?



Timescale for delivery of HLB schemes• End Sept 2011 – Member receives list of options from ADM• Oct / Nov 2011 – Member consults, discusses & advises ADM of the Phase 1 work• Dec 2011 – Walk and Build Process• Mid Dec 2011 – ADM provides Member with quotation• End Dec 2011 – ADM commits to scheme delivery• Jan 2012 – Works permits to be applied for• Apr – Oct 2012 – Phase 1 Works Implemented• July 2012 – Phase 2 mid year review• Apr– Dec 2012 – Bulk of Phase 2 delivery


Any further questions?


thank you

Documents

Overview & Scrutiny Committee