1 ROADS Services Training Group LOCAL AUTHORITY ROADS CONFERENCE 2015 Reforms, Challenges and Safety Treacys West County Hotel, Ennis, May 2015.
Reforms, Challenges and Safety Guidelines for the Opening, Backfilling & Reinstatement of Openings on Public Roads(Purple Book ) Deri Flood Senior Executive Engineer Dublin City Council
Introduction Purpose of Presentation Background Reasons for New Revision DTTAS Initiative
Guidelines for the Opening, Backfilling and Reinstatement of Trenches in Public Roads (2002) Working Group Published By Department of the Environment and Local Government
Local Authority Roadworks Control Directives
Reasons for New Revision Consistency Update standards & Codes New Legislation Online Licensing
DTTAS Initiative Working Group set up in July 2013 Members from DTTAS LGMA NRA LAs RMO Industry Consultation with LAs Utilities
Legal Frameworks SI 139 of 2015 amendment to Section 101D Road Traffic Act (as inserted by Section 9 of the Dublin Transportation Authority(Dissolution) Act, 1987 Road Safety Infrastructure Directive 2008/96/EC(SI 472 of 2011) Planning and Development Act 2000 Communications Regulations Act 2002 Communications Regulations Act 2010
Planning and Development Act 2000 Section 254 of Act & Class 30 Of Regulations Telecom Cabinets Street Furniture Post Boxes
Legal Frameworks Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 & Construction Regulations 2013 Water Services Act 2013 Section 21
Road Opening Licences A road opening licence is required in order to carry out an excavation on a public road Low Impact High Impact
Road Opening Procedure The larger LAs using ‘T’ system for more than 10 years MapRoad Roadworks Licensing(MRL) MRL uses the ‘T’ system Application( T1, T2, T3, T4) Work Start Notification Work Stop Notification Work Complete Notification Guarantee period
‘T’ Model Licences T1 Notification T2 Licence T3 Licence T4 Licence T5 Notification T5 Accepted/Rejected 2/3 year guarantee period Road taken back in charge by Road Authority
Dublin City Council Licences 2013 LicencesOpenings T143 T26677 T32117 T4548 T LicencesOpenings T131 T28169 T32178 T4631 T
Accepted T5
Rejected T5 Poor Reinstatement Edge trench less 1m from Kerb Reinstatement less than minimum width No cutbacks
‘T’ Model Timeframes
Factors that affect the Licence Process Traffic Impact Number Protected Period Condition Rating of Road Protected Engineering Asset Road Traffic Assets
Traffic Impact Numbers
Road in Protected Period Temporary Reinstatement marked out for Permanent Reinstatement Full lane Reinstatement required Cutback line shown
Condition Rating Roads with ratings of 9 or 10 to be treated as a road in protected period under the licensing process
Road Traffic Asset Vehicle Scats Loop Cycle Scats Loop
Protected Engineering Asset
Managing RoadWorks Restrictions on Timing of works Traffic Impact Numbers Records Guarantee Period Defects Notification Breach of Condition Notification Necessary On Site Documentation Training and Competency Insurances
Charges Application Reinstatement Deposit/Bond Long Term Impact Road Traffic Asset Charge Suspension of Parking Road Closure
Reinstatement
Long Term Impact
Thank You Deri Flood CEng MEI Infrastructure Management Unit Road Maintenance Services Dublin City Council