1. 1 ROADS Services Training Group LOCAL AUTHORITY ROADS CONFERENCE 2015 Reforms, Challenges and Safety Treacys West County Hotel, Ennis, May 2015.

2. 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

3. Introduction  Purpose of Presentation  Background  Reasons for New Revision  DTTAS Initiative

4. Guidelines for the Opening, Backfilling and Reinstatement of Trenches in Public Roads (2002)  Working Group  Published By Department of the Environment and Local Government

5. Local Authority Roadworks Control Directives

6. Reasons for New Revision  Consistency  Update standards & Codes  New Legislation  Online Licensing

7. DTTAS Initiative  Working Group set up in July 2013  Members from DTTAS LGMA NRA LAs RMO Industry  Consultation with LAs Utilities

8. 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

9. Planning and Development Act 2000 Section 254 of Act & Class 30 Of Regulations  Telecom Cabinets  Street Furniture  Post Boxes

10. Legal Frameworks  Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 & Construction Regulations 2013  Water Services Act 2013 Section 21

11. Road Opening Licences  A road opening licence is required in order to carry out an excavation on a public road  Low Impact  High Impact

12. 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

13. ‘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

14. Dublin City Council Licences 2013 LicencesOpenings T143 T26677 T32117 T4548 T5680711932 2014 LicencesOpenings T131 T28169 T32178 T4631 T5797313886

15. Accepted T5

16. Rejected T5  Poor Reinstatement  Edge trench less 1m from Kerb  Reinstatement less than minimum width  No cutbacks

17. ‘T’ Model Timeframes

18. Factors that affect the Licence Process  Traffic Impact Number  Protected Period  Condition Rating of Road  Protected Engineering Asset  Road Traffic Assets

19. Traffic Impact Numbers

20. Road in Protected Period  Temporary Reinstatement marked out for Permanent Reinstatement  Full lane Reinstatement required  Cutback line shown

21. Condition Rating  Roads with ratings of 9 or 10 to be treated as a road in protected period under the licensing process

22. Road Traffic Asset  Vehicle Scats Loop  Cycle Scats Loop

23. Protected Engineering Asset

24. 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

25. Charges  Application  Reinstatement Deposit/Bond  Long Term Impact  Road Traffic Asset Charge  Suspension of Parking  Road Closure

26. Reinstatement

27. Long Term Impact

28. Thank You  Deri Flood CEng MEI  Infrastructure Management Unit  Road Maintenance Services  Dublin City Council