Highway Maintenance

1
Highway Maintenance Lengthsman and other
optionsAndy Stevenson Highways and Drainage
Manager
2
(No Transcript)
3
An Introduction to Highway Maintenance

• As Highway Authority Cornwall Council has a
  statutory duty to keep the public highway safe
  (Section 41 Highways Act (1980)
• This duty is discharged by the delivery of a core
  level of service set out in the Highway
  Maintenance Manual (HMM)
• Available on the Council Website
• http//www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/12786972/Highway-
  Maintenance-Manual-v1-3.pdf

4
Cornwall Council Core Service

• Reactive Safety maintenance
• Planned reactive
• Flood spot locations
• Salting Routes
• Ragwort
• Scheduled Routine Maintenance
• Gully emptying
• Other drainage e.g. ditch grip cleansing
• Visibility cutting for safety
• Knotweed treatment
• Programmed Maintenance
• Carriageway surface treatment
• Footway/ cycleway treatment
• Sign line replacement
• Repairs to drainage systems
• Edge Maintenance (siding)

5
Available Options for Towns and Parishes

• Grass Cutting
• Weed Treatment
• Maintenance of Public Rights of Way (LMP)
• Highway Maintenance (Lengthsman)

6
Grass Cutting /or Weed Treatment

• Management of verges and amenity areas within the
  local Councils area this may include trimming,
  ecological management and environmental
  enhancement.
• Non-statutory herbicide treatment within the
  highway corridor on an agreed network

7
Local Maintenance of PROW Network

• The strimming / brushcutting / mowing of
  vegetation on those paths agreed between the
  Councils.
• Paths should be maintained consistent with their
  level of use and legal status e.g. footpath or
  bridleway

8
Highway Maintenance - Lengthsman

• Works within the highway corridor on an agreed
  network. Potential work areas consist of
• Sign cleaning (non- illuminated)
• Weed clearance and the removal of overgrown
  vegetation
• Maintaining street furniture highway heritage
  features (milestones etc.)
• Graffiti and fly poster removal
• De-fleecing of gullies
• Ditching works
• Sweeping

9
Key Issues for Councils to consider

• Network Coverage
• 3rd Party Liability
• Traffic Management Issues (Speed limits)
• Contractor Competency
• Certification Registered Schemes
• Insurance

10
Next Steps

• Interested Councils should contact their
  Community Link Officer who will be able to
  facilitate a discussion.