It is the first of its kind: rooted in the expert advice of the highly respected National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) and responding to its ground-breaking 2018 assessment of the countrys infrastructure needs. In recent years Alison has been involved in a number of street and road works policy development groups including: Streetworks Policy & Compliance Manager - Openreach. Broomhouse Drive 0000065255 00000 n 11.6.1 There are other publications which provide useful advice regarding the management of works in roads and which should also be taken into consideration when planning, co-ordinating and executing works. All content is protected by copyright and/or database rights, Website Design & Development by Burnthebook, A former member of the Street Manager Governance Group, throughout its first year of operation, Member of the HAUC England Co-Ordination Working Group, responsible for drafting the HAUC England Co-Ordination COP, Currently representing the comms sector on the Scotland Policy Development Group, Co-Chair of the HAUC UK Diversionary Works Task Group. (a)costs incurred in preparing the initial set of plans and estimates in relation to those diversionary works (but not in preparing any further plans and estimates which the authority may require); (b)costs disallowed under regulation 6(3). The principal change effected by the Regulations is that the undertakers share of the costs of diversionary works required in the case of certain major transport works is now 7.5 per cent. endstream endobj 379 0 obj<>/Outlines 393 0 R/Metadata 366 0 R/AcroForm 381 0 R/JT 367 0 R/Pages 356 0 R/PageLayout/SinglePage/OpenAction 380 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 380 0 obj<> endobj 381 0 obj<>/Encoding<>>>>> endobj 382 0 obj<> endobj 383 0 obj<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/ExtGState<>>> endobj 384 0 obj<> endobj 385 0 obj<> endobj 386 0 obj<> endobj 387 0 obj<> endobj 388 0 obj<>stream (2)Where the authority executes the diversionary works, the undertaker shall pay to the authority the sum which it would have had to pay under regulation 4 if the major works had been initiated by the authority. Although the primary legislation and the subsequent regulations set out the general framework for the use of FPNs, it is the Code of Practice which sets in place the practical details which will allow the process to work. (as appropriate) of the allowable costs, (a)in a single lump sum before the diversionary works begin; or. 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. Well send you a link to a feedback form. (d)a direction to remove or change the position of apparatus, pursuant to section 62 of the Act. 11.12.2 The Code of Practice for Penalties sets out the procedures to be used when road works authorities issue FPNs under NRSWA. (2)Where an undertakers apparatus is moved by the authority at the request of the undertaker and solely because of a change in the type of highway construction, not involving an alteration in the depth of cover to a depth of less or greater than the acceptable depth referred to in Appendix B to the Code, the undertaker shall pay to the authority the allowable costs incurred by the authority in moving the apparatus. (2)For the purposes of these Regulations allowable costs means, in relation to diversionary works, the sum of all the reasonable costs incurred in executing them, except. Please contact one of our Diversions Working group chairs to discuss what help you can offer. This is the original version (as it was originally made). 0000064961 00000 n 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. [postcode] can be reached with our expanded network, Speak to a representatitive to discuss your options, Learn about our prices using our online tool, LIVEQUOTE, Public Sector Telecoms & Internet Network Solutions, View our full network coverage on our interactive network map, Contractors excavating on behalf of Local Authorities, Contractors excavating on behalf of Utility Companies, Contractors excavating on behalf of Independent Connection Providers, Private Domestic enquiries limited to your own property, Area of interest plan and/or map (PDF format if emailed), Plans / maps showing existing & proposed conditions (min 1:500 scale and PDF format if emailed), Scheme cost apportionment information with confirmation of who the works principal is (the person or company funding your project), A budget fee letter (if your scheme falls outside of NRSWA) showing the payment required to prepare a cost estimate, If its a NRSWA scheme or if youve already paid the budget fee, then a budget estimate (C3) response letter, a plan showing our telecoms network and a pricing sheet showing the estimated works (C5) with costs required to prepare a detailed estimate (C4). 11.3 Road Closures and Traffic Restrictions. The procedure to be used by undertakers when applying to use portable light signals is detailed in RAUC(S) Advice Note 8 - Portable Light Signals. %PDF-1.6 % 8.(1)For the purposes of regulation 3(1)(a) and (b) (including those provisions as applied by regulation 5) the authority may pay to the undertaker a sum equal to 75 per cent. 378 49 It includes a revised chapter 10 on section 74 overrun charges. 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. endobj 0000066331 00000 n of those costs are paid by the authority as provided in regulation 8. endobj Well send you a link to a feedback form. Neos Networks will respond one of two ways: Depending on the complexity of your scheme, we aim to provide a response to initial enquiries (C2) within 10 working days, budget estimates (C3) within 20 working days and detailed estimates (C4) within 25 working days. 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. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. 5 0 obj Diversionary Works Code of Practice - New Roads & Street Works Act 1991).. At the C2 stage "the highway authority would seek from all undertakers, details of . All 'C' numbered references in the text of this note refer to . The SROH is the statutory code of practice, published under Section 71 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. 2. 1999/672), article 2(a). It is out of print and does not take cognisance of any new and emerging utilities and technologies. YcKe(\TbmQ/>p@kK@BP9LRHMlMOC v` >(hA$L3BY;JG! 0000065588 00000 n or 7.5 per cent. 0000066197 00000 n 11.4.7 Where the road works authority has opened the road or exposed an undertaker's apparatus in an emergency or in the circumstances described in paragraph 11.4.6, the undertaker will assist the road works authority by either jointly inspecting the problem to determine necessary remedial works or confirming approval for the road works authority to proceed. 0000065009 00000 n All 'C' numbered references in the text of this note refer to . :ky`xN Db6ae?mz| fa$Xi5NHmlt5Va,lx^"IjY(}%ch}}^'fF|}^OZU?nUm@T`A2m@#\`,f$UuY2dj::cs_ hJ Fairer, Faster, Greener is the strapline and it sets out the Governments ambitions in driving investment and change within the UK.Infrastructure underpins the economy. Works (Diversionary Works): A Code of Practice 1992. j)]Hy "Y50K>P"QRc%Z6(>7a=&]%|An| 2JY= gBIInNIU;}t. S}@\lx;=T([[V|)P?8>J&?g\I(^DZ ZK`~S2qjRK~rzjVh0~kw'>f^ XX\0cipX\ u'Yzp E&y=xE0\ 8U@i;l;M ^5avkUzSg.pb"]R2/v0S.7h[8pvJ|VnrS4}92ll3eA(Af1W?KXI Wed like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. x]o6KhC_@vmmp{a$Nf;p.9(Kb(:s(~_~s{;87wf_OO/~ZeoE&D^?2/evh=oo|0 e~#t?d:oLE^k/2m*/T8Wn}v:*o/p~4?o~llf'N7t[jO6R E1lzb(Bn Set up a review task group from within the industry to deliver a review of the COP. In appendix C2 of 'Measures necessary where apparatus is affected by Major works (diversionary works)' Code of practice that accompanies . The transport authority's requirements can be incorporated into the works promoter's contract documents. 11.5 Major Works for Road Purposes - Sharing of Costs. For users who are not a Local Authority or Rail Authority, or who are not a Utility Company or an Independent Connection Provider (ICP) there is a fee of43.20 inclusive of VATfor each search. the Act means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991; authority means a highway, bridge or transport authority; 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 State on 30th June 1992, as revised and re-issued from time to time; diversionary works means measures needing to be taken in relation to an undertakers apparatus in a street in consequence of major works or in order to facilitate their execution; major works means major highway works, major bridge works or major transport works; section 86(3) (a) to (g) works means major transport works which are or would, if executed by a highway authority, be major highway works described in any of paragraphs (a) to (g) of section 86(3) of the Act. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of his powers under section 85 and 104(3) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: 1.(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Street Works (Sharing of Costs of Works) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 15th January 2001. DMRB: Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. There is no application fee but costs of diversions will be calculated in accordance with this Code. Details of the regime used to carry out these duties are controlled by subordinate legislation contained in Regulations and associated Codes of Practice issued under the Order. No changes have been applied to the text. should contact . This means if you make a subsequent search, you will not be charged for any previous unpaid searches if you choose to pay for the current search. Infrastructure underpins the economy. of the allowable costs of the diversionary works; in other cases where payment is made in accordance with regulation 8(1), a sum equal to 82 per cent. (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. Basic site layouts are shown in the Code of Practice on Safety at Street Works and Road Works. The Street Works Codes of Practice detail the workings of the legislation. 1Works promoters are strongly advised to liaise with the road works authority's arboriculture consultants and other environmental officials when drawing up proposals. The National Infrastructure Strategy was delivered in an HM Treasury Report in November 2020 and it sets out the governments intentions for the UK. The current Code aims to stimulate thinking by all concerned to explore alternatives to diversion, and where diversion has to take place, to ensure that it is done in a disciplined way. 0000064725 00000 n We warming welcome anyone who has an interest in getting involved in the taskforce. Updated to feature 4th edition of code of practice. We use some essential cookies to make this website work. These Regulations shall not apply to works executed pursuant to. 11.11.2 An undertaker considering burying plant and apparatus that is currently above ground should contact any other undertaker with similar apparatus in that road to see whether it wishes to share the underground facility. % 10.(1)Subject to paragraph (2) the Street Works (Sharing of Costs of Works) Regulations 1992(2) (the 1992 Regulations) are revoked so far as they extend to England. Where the undertaker requests the authority to move his apparatus solely because of a change in the type of highway construction, he is normally required to pay the whole of the allowable costs: regulation 4(2). Timescales for responses at each stage are also set out in the Code. Statutory guidance on street works inspections coring added to collection page. The most common automatically defined buffer is 25m. Transport, digital, energy and utility networks are vital for jobs, businesses, and economic growth. 0 Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once. 11.3.4 The works under such an Order may last for up to 18 months. where the major works are major transport works other than those which. This requires at least 7 days notice to be given for all works other than emergency and urgent works. Edinburgh Storage must be notified separately through the SRWR if it is not completely contained within the works site. 11.3.11 Section 135 of NRSWA allows for roads authorities to recover their reasonable costs in issuing temporary notices or making a TTRO. Decisions taken today on new rail lines, power plants, or road upgrades, will affect lives and livelihoods for decades to come. Unpaid invoices will not accrue. 11.4.2 Most undertakers, under their own legislation, have statutory obligations to maintain their networks - quite apart from which they must all maintain their systems in efficient working order so as to properly discharge safety and service obligations to customers. Code of practice for local authorities who have a duty to co-ordinate works in the highway, and for undertakers on how to co-operate in the process. 0000006228 00000 n (a)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; (b)the debtor in any other case shall pay to the creditor the sum owing. But they also have a profound impact on peoples daily lives. 0000065541 00000 n Road works are different from street works. 11.4.1 Undertakers are under an obligation under section 140 of NRSWA to maintain their apparatus in the road to the reasonable satisfaction of the road works authority, having regard to the safety and convenience of traffic and the structure of the road and the integrity of apparatus in it. stream YlTyVN19Vs+iUji!9 11.2.1 Section 146 of NRSWA provides that where road works authorities are satisfied that a road in their area is likely to become a public road, they may make a declaration to that effect. There are also some minor and drafting changes. (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. Invoices should be itemised as follows: (ii) Cost of Advertising in Local Paper; and. NRSWA: National Codes (Reinstatement Specification, Co-ordination, Inspections, Signing and Guarding and Diversionary Works). 7.(1)In a case where, under these Regulations, an undertaker is liable to make a payment to an authority or an authority is liable to make a payment to an undertaker in relation to diversionary works there shall be taken into account in favour of the authority. It contains a Code of Practice for Diversionary Works. 11.3.3 The works promoter must give a notice in advance as required by road works authorities to make a "notice" for works that may not last longer than 5 working days. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the Changes to Legislation area. They are sometimes necessary to accommodate highway improvement schemes. You can change your cookie settings at any time. 0000066622 00000 n <> This order forms the legislative framework within which DfI Roads carries out it's duties in relation to street or road works. The road works authority is required to state in the notice: The road works authority is then required to inform the police, fire and ambulance service and any adjacent road works authority that may be affected. a leaking gas main), they may issue a "temporary emergency notice" imposing a closure or restriction. There are three separate procedures: (ii) temporary short duration notice; and. 9 0 obj Such an order is commonly known as a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO). Safety at Street Works and Road Works - A Code of Practice, Code of Practice for the Co-ordination of Works in Roads, Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Roads, Measures Necessary where Apparatus is affected by Major Works - June 1992, Office of the Scottish Road Works Commissioner. An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision for new and improved active travel routes and related facilities and for Welsh Ministers and local authorities to have regard to the needs of, walkers and cyclists.