Temporary Traffic Lights

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26/04/2022

EIR

This is an FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information you have pertaining to temporary traffic lights within your local authority. Freedom of information request:
1. Please send some example (i) schedules of rates and (ii) frameworks that include traffic management / temporary traffic light products / services
a. How long are these frameworks set for?
b. How frequently are schedules of rates for these products / services updated?

2. What are the criteria that councils use to evaluate traffic management providers against their frameworks? (e.g. quality – what comprises this? Environmental / Hands considerations?)

3. Which KPIs does the council use to keep track of these objectives? (e.g. how is quality / price measured and compared)

4. Within your organisation, what are the job titles with responsibility for:
a. Design and specification of traffic management systems
b. Procurement of traffic management systems / services
c. Evaluation of traffic management provider performance

5. What proportion of roads are classified as traffic sensitive? Split by road type (A, B, C, etc.) if available.
a. 2019-20
b. 2020-21
c. 2021-22

6. For each of two-/three-/four-way temporary traffic lights, how many are installed in a year?
a. 2019-20
b. 2020-21
c. 2021-22

7. What percentage of installed two-/three-/four-way temporary traffic lights use automated traffic detection systems for improving traffic flow (e.g. SRL’s Adaptive Detection System (ADS) / Pike’s AutoGreen)?
a. 2019-20
b. 2020-21
c. 2021-22

8. What percentage of installed two-/three-/four-way temporary traffic lights use UTMC?
a. 2019-20
b. 2020-21
c. 2021-22

1. We consider the rates to be commercially sensitive and therefore we rely on EIR Regulation 10(5)(e) to withhold this information. We have considered the public interest test and it will always be in the public interest for the Council to obtain best value and by disclosing this information would prejudice this.
a. 4 Years
b. Annually

2. Cost, Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety, Sustainability

3. Cost, Quality, Service, Sustainability

4. a. Roads Network Engineer
b. Specialised Surfacing Manager, Surfacing Supervisor
c. Works Manager, Specialised Surfacing Manager

5.
List of Traffic Sensitive roads – no changes since 2019
Address Address 2
A7 from B7007 Innerleithen Road to Scottish Borders Boundary Gorebridge
A701 from Peebles Road to Leadburn Penicuik
A703 from Council Bounday to Leadburn Junction Penicuik
Bank Street Galashiels
High Street Hawick
High Street Galashiels
Mansfield Road Hawick
Rose Lane Kelso
U123-6 A1t South Of Lemington To Hillend Farm Cottages Reston
ZU221 (01) from Dunglass New Bridge (U220) to Dunglass Bridge (A1(T)) Oldhamstocks, Innerwick

6.
a. 2019-20 – 2 way 287 multi-phase - 346
b. 2020-21 – 2 way 305 multi-phase - 305
c. 2021-22 – 2 way 410 multi-phase - 212

7.
a. 2019-20 - unknown
b. 2020-21 - unknown
c. 2021-22 – unknown
To improve traffic flows The Council asks for lights to be manually controlled

8.
a. 2019-20 - none
b. 2020-21 - none
c. 2021-22 - none

Temporary Traffic Lights - Freedom of information requests