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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

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Summary
• Consistent Network Hierarchy
• Robust Inspection
• Robust Recording
• Robust Reporting
• Repair in Reasonable Time