Winter Service presentation www.sefton.gov.uk
Background • The Highways Act 1980 Section 41 and 58 clearly state that the Highway Authorities have a statutory duty to maintain the highway and must at all times take reasonable care to ensure that the highway is not dangerous and that the standard of maintenance is appropriate for a highway of that character and used by such traffic. It must also ensure that a competent person must supervise maintenance work, having received proper training with regard to the highway.
Background • The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (section 111) has inserted an additional section (41(1A)) to the Highways Act 1980 which places a duty on Highway Authorities in respect of winter conditions, as follows:- • ‘In particular, a Highway Authority is under a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that safe passage along a highway is not endangered by snow or ice’. The effective date of this duty is 31st October 2003.
Background • Code of Practice – Well Maintained Highways • Major revision in September 2013 • Section 13 Winter Service • Appendix ‘H’ • Changed from 30 to 157 pages of guidance. • 49 Recommendations • 13 Warnings
Background • Code of Practice – Well Managed Highways • Introduced October 2016 • Transferred Winter Service Guidance to the NWSRG • 5 New documents released in March 2018 • Increased Resilience Requirements • Increased Storage Requirements
Response to Revised Statutory Guidance • New Winter Contract • State of the art gritting fleet • Gritting fleet tracked • Purpose built Winter Facility in Netherton • Long term strategy to meet statutory requirements
Gritting Statistics • 10 Carriageway Gritters • 8 Carriageway Routes • 10 Grams per square metre (minimum) • 35 Tonnes per call out • 291 Miles • 35% of Network • 3 Footway Gritters • 5 Footway Routes – Southport, Formby, Crosby, Maghull, Bootle
Gritting Statistics • Salt Storage for 3500 Tonnes • Salt Restocking Agreement • Thawrox+ 6 (3% Safecote) • 2 Weather Stations – Whinny Brook – Bentham’s Way • Thermal Maps • 8 Snow Ploughing Routes
Bentham’s Way Weather Station
Thermal Maps
Grit Bin Locations
Historical Data Financial Year Number of Grits 2013/14 25 2014/15 30 2015/16 33 2016/17 38 2017/18 78 Average 41 2018/19 43 *December 2010 28
Policy & Operational Plan • Stage 1 – Routine winter Operations • Stage 2 – EWET (Cabinet Member, Senior officers & Key Personnel from across the Council). • In the event of Major disruption a regional co- ordinating arrangement will be put in place. via Gold Control, chaired by Merseyside Police with an officer from EWET.
Decision Making • Duty Officers monitor the weather conditions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the winter season. • W/C Last Monday in October – W/C last Monday in March • Forecast consultancy services provided by MetDesk. • Bureau services provided by Vaisala. • Contract has been awarded for the LCR for cost savings and for sharing of data. (procured by Sefton)
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