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HIGHWAY RISK AND

LIABILITY CLAIMS

HIERARCHIES AND

INSPECTIONS

Ian Grierson District Engineer

Leicestershire County Council

November 28th, 2005

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Hierarchies and Inspections

• Creating a Hierarchy

• Inspection

• Recording

• Reporting

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Well Maintained Highways

• Carriageway

• Footway

• Cycleway

• Public Rights of Way

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Network Hierarchies

• Needs, priorities, usage

• Importance

• Environment

• Non Vehicular factors

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Carriageway Hierarchy

• 1 Motorway

• 2 Strategic Route

• 3a Main Distributor

• 3b Secondary Distributor

• 4a Link Road

• 4b Local Access Road

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Footway Hierarchy

• 1a Prestige Walking Zone

• 1 Primary Walking Routes

• 2 Secondary Walking Routes

• 3 Link Footways

• 4 Local Access Footways

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Leicestershire Hierarchy

• Local interpretation of code

• Consistent approach

• Measurable criteria

– Vehicle flows

– Pedestrian flows

– Settlement populations• LCC intranet

– Compare across Districts

– School size

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Leicestershire Footway Hierarchy• 1 Primary Walking Route

– Main Shopping Areas

– Attract Visitors from Outside

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Leicestershire Footway Hierarchy• 2 Secondary Walking Route

– Shopping Areas Larger Villages

– Car Park, Rail & Bus Station Links

– Larger Schools 500+ • LCC Education intranet

– Business & Industrial Centres

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Leicestershire Footway Hierarchy• 3 Link Footways

– Surgeries, Hospitals, Clinics & Care Homes

– Schools 100- 500

– Shops

– Sports Facilities & Leisure Centres

– Public Houses

– Village Halls

– Visitor Centres

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Leicestershire Hierarchy

• 4 All Other Footways

– Adopted

– PROW

– Corporate (Gullicksen v Pembrokeshire)

• Cycleway Hierarchy

• Public Rights of Way

– Incorporate Urban into Footway

– Comparable Usage

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Inspection Regimes

• Consider risk and inspection frequencies

• Target high claims areas for maintenance

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Inspection Regimes

• Inspections carried out

–Slow moving vehicle - double manned

–On foot

–Cycled

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Inspection Regimes

Table 4 – Safety Inspection Frequency

Roads

Strategic Route

Main Distributor

Secondary Distributor

Link Road

Local Access

2

3(a)

3(b)

4(a)

4(b)

1 month

1 month

1 month

3 months

1 year

Footways

Prestige Area

Primary Walking Route

Secondary Walking Route

Link Footway

Local Access Footway

1(a)

1

2

3

4

1 month

1 month

3 months

6 months

1 year

Cycle Route

Part of Carriageway

Remote from Carriageway

Cycle Trails

A

B

C

As for Roads

6 months

1 year

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Inspection Regimes

• Prove system in place– Identify defects

– Record defects

– Arrange repairs

– Repair in a reasonable time

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Inspection Regimes

• Leicestershire Highway Patrol

• Highway Patrols inspect and repair defects

• Provide an emergency callout

• Remove protect or repair serious hazards

within 2 hours

• Other hazards within 24 hours

• Fix agreed minor repairs within 28 days

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Recording Systems

• Highway

Management

System

– Computerised

Hierarchies

– Hand Held Input

– Single Data

System

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Recording Systems

• Highway Management

System

– Inspection

– Works Instruction

– Customer care

– NRSWA

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Recording Systems

• Computerised Inspection Schedules

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Reporting Systems

• Integrated Street Records

aSummary

• Consistent Network Hierarchy

• Robust Inspection

• Robust Recording

• Robust Reporting

• Repair in Reasonable Time