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Environment Department Management Branch

Environment Department Management Branch. Highway Maintenance. Pat Smyth Assistant Highway Engineer Hampshire Highways East. Responsibilities for Highway Maintenance. Hampshire County Council is highway authority Winchester City Council functions Street cleaning Land drainage

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Environment Department Management Branch

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  1. Environment Department Management Branch Highway Maintenance Pat Smyth Assistant Highway Engineer Hampshire Highways East

  2. Responsibilities for Highway Maintenance • HampshireCounty Council is highway authority • WinchesterCity Council functions • Street cleaning • Land drainage • Traffic management agents • Some maintenance functions eg grass cutting • Other agencies eg Environment Agency

  3. County Council Organisation • Four areas – East, South, West and North • East – Winchester City Council, East Hampshire DC and Eastleigh BC • East HQ at Petersfield • Winchester CC area – 46 Parishes and 850 miles

  4. County Council Organisation HQ at The Castle – Traffic Management Schemes Improvement Schemes Street Lighting Traffic Signals Trees Major Maintenance Bridges Winter Maintenance

  5. Highway Maintenance Functions Reactive Maintenance Planned Maintenance Regulatory Functions

  6. Reactive Maintenance • Patching • Pot holes • Drainage • Road markings • Inspection

  7. Highway Inspections • All roads and footways are regularly inspected to check for defects. • Inspections provide basic information to ensure:- • Network Safety • Network Serviceability

  8. Planned (Special) Maintenance • Reconstruction • Resurfacing • Surface Dressing • Drainage Improvements

  9. Planned Maintenance Priority Demand for schemes exceeds funding – priority system • Bids made • Objective assessment • Rating to give priority • Programme of work

  10. Regulatory Functions • Network Management eg temporary signals, accidents • Unauthorised signs • Vegetation • Skips and scaffolding

  11. Parish Councils and Highway Maintenance • Parish highways coordinators • Winchester Ward Councillors

  12. Hampshire Highways Winchester Office Emergency (Police) Tel: 01962 848544 Email: hampshirehighways.east@hants.gov.uk Postal Address: Hampshire Highways Winchester City offices Colebrook Street Winchester SO23 9LJ 0845 045 4545 Contact Details

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