The works are then not wholly confined to the footway but encroach on to the carriageway. Wed like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. 0000066531 00000 n Ensuring the Code provides clarity, fairness and consistency for all parties involved in works. The road works authority is required to state: The road works authority is then required to inform the police, fire and ambulance service and any other adjacent road work authority that may be affected. 11.7.2 In relation to works near rail tracks, please see Appendix C. The Code of Practice on Safety at Street Works and Road Works should always be consulted for advice on safety issues. The Street . by an undertaker for the purposes of any such person. a debtor that is an authority which has paid a lump sum or instalments in accordance with paragraph (1) shall pay to the undertaker any balance of the estimate, together with any further sum equal to the amount by which the proportion of allowable costs to which the undertaker is entitled exceeds the estimate; the debtor in any other case shall pay to the creditor the sum owing. SHW: Specification for Highway Works. Regulation 10 revokes the 1992 Regulations as respects England, provides that these Regulations apply where notice of intention to execute major works is given on or after 15th January 2001 and that the 1992 Regulations continue to apply where such notice is given before that date. 0000064677 00000 n For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use. 0000065147 00000 n Noticing must reflect this. <<2C30B449E9FEAF42BCCB1C6E2BD3C35E>]>> 6.(1)Subject to paragraph (2), where the major works consist of or include major bridge works, allowable costs shall be so calculated that the undertaker is not liable for costs in respect of the provision of, (a)adequate space in the structure of the bridge; or. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Well send you a link to a feedback form. The Code of Practice sets out (in Appendix E) the methodology that should be applied to calculate that benefit in order to offset it against the costs of diversionary works. 0000066669 00000 n But infrastructure investment also has an important short-term role to help support jobs and stimulate the economy. (d)a direction to remove or change the position of apparatus, pursuant to section 62 of the Act. %PDF-1.5 In the case of works initiated by a person other than an authority in its capacity as such or an undertaker, the foregoing rules apply to diversionary works depending on whether they are executed by the authority or the undertaker, but allowance must be made in full for any contribution agreed to be made towards the costs of those diversionary works: regulation 5. "Safety at Street Works and Road Works, A Code of Practice" also states that the roads authority must be notified about the use of portable light signals. An Act to make provision as regards roads in Scotland, An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the setting up and functions of new transport bodies and to enable the Scottish Ministers to discharge certain transport functions and to provide further for the control and co-ordination of road works, The Act helps make Scotlands transport network cleaner, smarter and more accessible than ever before. Highway Drainage & Privately licenced apparatus under Section 50 of NRSWA = Dealt with by area Area Contact Details Contact Name Hampshire South Highways-transport.south@hants.gov . (3)This regulation is subject to regulation 6. We warming welcome anyone who has an interest in getting involved in the taskforce. YlTyVN19Vs+iUji!9 This Code of Practice is intended to help road works authorities carry out their duty to co-ordinate works in the road under section 118 of NRSWA, and undertakers to fulfil their duty to co-operate in this process under section 119 of NRSWA. EH11 3XD. The charges should be imposed as set out in chapter 10 of the code of practice for the co-ordination of street works and works for road purposes and related matters. 0000066047 00000 n 0000065442 00000 n However, should emergency works be required, then (without impeding any immediate emergency action which the circumstances may require) the matter will be resolved in accordance with the Disputes and Arbitration Code of Practice. 2010/1 (Advice Note No 2010 01). <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 595.32 841.92] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> The current Code also recommends model procedures for dealing with diversionary works from the early planning stages, right through to detailed planning and estimating, execution of works, and final settlement of bills.The code as it stands is a potential risk in terms of Government strategy on infrastructure, it is outdated, misused and often misquoted. 2. 11.7.1 Works promoters planning works near to, adjacent or across the lines of road-running tramways must contact the transport authority responsible for that tramway as early in their planning cycle as possible. For works on footpaths and cycle tracks the duration of the Order is restricted to 6 months. 0000002506 00000 n The government wants to deliver an infrastructure revolution: a radical improvement in the quality of the UKs infrastructure to help level up the country, strengthen the Union, and put the UK on the path to net zero emissions by 2050. 'Future of lane rental schemes for roadworks' consultation outcome published. It includes a revised chapter 10 on section 74 overrun charges. (3)If payments made by an authority under paragraph (1) exceed the relevant proportion of allowable costs specified in regulation 3(1)(a) or (b), the undertaker shall, within 35 days of the issue of the account referred to in paragraph (2), refund to the authority the amount of the excess. This requires at least 7 days notice to be given for all works other than emergency and urgent works. Added consultation on a new code of practice for reinstating a road after street works. You do not need to have a PayPal account as payments can be made using a credit or debit card through the PayPal website. Advice on changes to street works permit schemes required by 1 October 2015 issued. 1.1 Revision of the Diversionary Works Code of Practice, 'Measures necessary where Apparatus is affected by Major Works (Diversionary Works)', published in 1992, has been "on hold" for some time awaiting a decision by the Department for Transport on whether the current legal ruling on the issue of charging for estimates reflects the Alison is Streetworks Policy and Compliance Manager for Openreach, with 25 years of experience in the telecoms industry and 15 years specialising in street works. endobj Diversionary Works Advice Note No. 0000065099 00000 n Details of the procedure can be found in the Code of Practice: Measures Necessary Where Apparatus is Affected by Major Works (Diversionary Works) and HAUC(UK) Advice Note No 2010/1 Diversionary Works. 11.3.4 The works under such an Order may last for up to 18 months. "the Code" means the Code of Practice entitled "Measures Necessary where Apparatus is affected by Major Works (Diversionary Works)" dated June 1992, and approved by the Secretary of. This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. of the allowable costs of the diversionary works; (b)in all other cases, a sum equal to 18 per cent. Street works are carried out by statutory undertakers using equipment and machinery on or under the road. Currently there are 6 Codes all related to the 1995 Order. NRSWA: National Codes (Reinstatement Specification, Co-ordination, Inspections, Signing and Guarding and Diversionary Works). Defective apparatus should be recorded in the SRWR. xUoHSQ?77#5DSz6]eZQFi`DCR> %~aAQ}PT{ss9r II@a t_:P qqnQT i1^B IV08]@Uu[E!vn&?sgeBgwE UVYsZ All 'C' numbered references in the text of this note refer to . He has made a significant contribution to the finalisation of government sponsored Codes of Practice, regulations and impact assessments. The National Infrastructure Strategy was delivered in an HM Treasury Report in November 2020 and it sets out the governments intentions for the UK. Unpaid invoices will not accrue. The SROH is the statutory code of practice, published under Section 71 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. The road works authority will then confirm whether a notice will be made. Where the major works are major transport works (other than works which are major bridge works or certain major highway works), the authority pays 92.5 per cent. 0000065302 00000 n Deferment of the Time for Renewal HAUC Advice Note No 2008/01 supersedes Appendix E in so far as it introduces a revised rate of interest (3.5%) to be used in the calculation. 0000065009 00000 n 9 0 obj Some of these cookies are essential to make our site work and others help us to improve by giving us some insight into how the site is being used. News stories, speeches, letters and notices, Reports, analysis and official statistics, Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports. 0000066331 00000 n Road works authorities may carry out investigations or remedial works using appropriately trained and experienced persons in the case of an emergency, or where the undertaker is unable or unwilling to use its own operatives or such specialist contractor. David Capon is the JAG(UK) Manager and has worked extensively with the JAG(UK) community in delivering improved communications, management of the network and local knowledge and expertise. Date published: (4)In calculating the allowable costs for the purposes of regulations 3 and 4 as applied by this regulation there shall be taken into account in favour of the undertaker. The government wants to deliver an infrastructure revolution: a radical improvement in the quality of the UKs infrastructure to help level up the country, strengthen the Union, and put the UK on the path to net zero emissions by 2050. 0000005634 00000 n 7 0 obj The current Code also recommends model procedures for dealing with diversionary works from the early planning stages, right through to detailed planning and estimating, execution of works, and final settlement of bills.The code as it stands is a potential risk in terms of Government strategy on infrastructure, it is outdated, misused and often misquoted. Broomhouse Drive KA?Nu"Z5y!z!=+\D 0Bhb_"RR[]Y4+E%gf4A*p`V+-}*J(r=!n9' w^`UYRa{^p4~/\x4,%^!,wrX;$we{u\o3!w5#0{6k)vw)[TMEY!]%@, cK.Xr:@(`iDLR#9a:~b\#hMTf7-z#(AY neq(k!I jFFG:/.tag+;3wwMKQwem2m\"/AqYkFP5AYP5Be=3QD%^jFg# 2q9q';R4 Please contact one of our Diversions Working group chairs to discuss what help you can offer. Where possible, the placing and recording of underground apparatus should be in accordance with the RAUC(S) Advice Note 12. 11.3 Road Closures and Traffic Restrictions. and diversionary works are executed by an authority or the undertaker. Copyright 2018 | Office of the Scottish Road Works Commissioner | All Rights Reserved. <> any sum recoverable from any person for whose purposes the diversionary works are executed, irrespective of whether or not such a sum is actually recovered from that person; any sum which would have been recoverable from such a person were that person not the authority. :ky`xN Db6ae?mz| fa$Xi5NHmlt5Va,lx^"IjY(}%ch}}^'fF|}^OZU?nUm@T`A2m@#\`,f$UuY2dj::cs_ hJ endobj Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include: Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Undertakers should check whether any further dispensation is required well before the works are due to start. 0000064399 00000 n 11.5.2 Once a roads authority has placed a notice on the SRWR of its intention to carry out major works, this means that when calculating an undertaker's allowable costs there shall be disallowed costs for diversionary works incurred in respect of apparatus placed in the road after the date of the notice. There is no application fee but costs of diversions will be calculated in accordance with this Code. A code of practice, 'Measures necessary where apparatus. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. This is a particular problem for works which, but for the presence of a works vehicle, would take place entirely within the footway. 11.5.1 Regulations made under section 144(2) of NRSWA allow a roads authority to give notice to undertakers of major road, bridge or transport works where an undertaker's apparatus is affected by the works concerned. of the estimate of 82 per cent. Dave regularly engages with the DfT, devolved Governments, Network Rail, Highways England, statutory undertakers and local authorities to deliver continuous improvement to the community. )Xnr&"4Vj\Ca`im) of the allowable costs of the diversionary works; (b)in other cases where payment is made in accordance with regulation 8(1), a sum equal to 82 per cent. Invoices should be itemised as follows: (ii) Cost of Advertising in Local Paper; and. 11.3.9 When a notice or order has been made, the works promoter will be responsible for complying with the relevant requirements of the traffic authority and police for the closure of the road. The Code recommends model procedures for dealing with diversionary works from the early planning stages, (b)if the authority and the undertaker so agree in the case of diversionary works of an estimated duration of more than three months, by instalments of such amounts, payable at such times during the execution of the diversionary works, as the authority and the undertaker agree. 0000003890 00000 n (a)any sum recoverable from any person for whose purposes the diversionary works are executed, irrespective of whether or not such a sum is actually recovered from that person; (b)any sum which would have been recoverable from such a person were that person not the authority. National Joint Utilities Group (NJUG) - trade association representing utilities companies and contractors on street work issues. The most common automatically defined buffer is 25m. Infrastructure underpins the economy. ZU!8nNV!'qRS;+e{U!! The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 85 and 104 are transferred, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 0000065695 00000 n There is therefore a presumption that closures or prohibitions will remain in force only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which they are imposed. 0000033024 00000 n Completed in July 2021, 3. Review Group to deliver a task plan setting out process and review milestones, including target review and COP publish date. & # x27 ; Measures necessary where apparatus delivered in an HM Treasury Report in 2020... 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