Kingston Upon Hull City Council Network Management Plan April 2009
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Kingston Upon Hull City Council Network Management Plan April 2009 22 Trinity Lane, Beverley. East Riding of Yorkshire. HU17 0DY Tel. 01482 679911 www.local-transport-projects.co.uk Registered No. 5295328 Kingston Upon Hull City Council Network Management Plan April 2009 Client Commission Client: Hull City Council Order No: Commissioned By: Richard Townend Date Commissioned: March 2008 LTP Quality Control Job No: LTP/08/383 File Ref: HCC Draft NMP Version 7 Issue Revision Description Originated Checked Date 1 Working Draft Tony Kirby 28/8/08 Draft Report Tony Kirby 29/10/08 Consultation Draft Tony Kirby 4/11/08 Final Report Tony Kirby Andy Mayo 27/4/09 Authorised for Issue: Client Approval Project completed in accordance with the brief: Signed: Date: Name: Richard Townend LTP Project Team As part of our commitment to quality the following team of transport professionals was assembled specifically for the delivery of this project. Relevant qualifications are shown and CV’s are available upon request to demonstrate our experience and credentials. Team Member LTP Designation Qualifications Tony Kirby Director (Project Manager) IEng MSc MIHT FIHIE Andy Mayo Director BA(Hons) MSc MIHT CMILT Mark Jessop Associate BSc FIRSO MIHT IFL Peter Shepherd Senior Consultant CEng BSc(Hons) MICE MIHT Ryan Penn Transport Planning Consultant BA(Hons) MIHT Nat Porter Engineer BSc(Hons) Kingston upon Hull City Council Network Management Plan NETWORK MANAGEMENT PLAN CONTENTS 1.0 FOREWORD.......................................................................................................3 2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.....................................................................................4 3.0 NETWORK MANAGEMENT WITHIN HULL........................................................5 3.1 Background / Scope ........................................................................................5 3.2 Key Network Management Issues within Hull ..................................................6 3.3 Network Management and LTP2 .....................................................................7 4.0 THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT DUTY.............................................................8 4.1 Traffic Management Act...................................................................................8 4.2 Network Management Duty .............................................................................8 4.3 Fulfilling the Requirements of the Network Management Duty.........................9 4.4 Traffic Manager and Network Management Unit............................................10 4.5 Intervention....................................................................................................12 4.6 DfT Assessment of the Council’s Network Management Duty .......................13 5.0 CONSIDERING THE NEEDS OF ALL ROAD USERS ......................................14 5.1 General..........................................................................................................14 5.2 Congestion ....................................................................................................14 5.3 Pedestrians....................................................................................................14 5.4 Cyclists..........................................................................................................15 5.5 Public Transport Users ..................................................................................15 5.6 Motorcyclists..................................................................................................16 5.7 Taxis..............................................................................................................16 5.8 Utilities...........................................................................................................16 5.9 Schools..........................................................................................................17 5.10 The A63 / A1033 Trunk Road Corridor...........................................................18 5.11 The Port and the A63 / A1033 .......................................................................19 5.12 Planning and Development Control ...............................................................19 6.0 STRATEGIC NETWORK MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ....................................21 6.1 Intelligent Transport Systems ........................................................................21 6.2 Asset Management........................................................................................23 6.3 Car Parking and Civil Parking Enforcement ...................................................24 6.4 Buses ............................................................................................................24 6.5 Freight ...........................................................................................................26 6.6 Moving Bridges..............................................................................................27 6.7 Rail Network and Level Crossings .................................................................28 6.8 Supporting Policies and Strategies ................................................................29 7.0 COORDINATING AND PLANNING WORKS AND KNOWN EVENTS...............30 7.1 Co-ordinating Road and Street Works ...........................................................30 7.2 The Noticing Process.....................................................................................31 7.3 Traffic Sensitive Streets.................................................................................32 7.4 Event Management........................................................................................33 7.5 Tactical Diversion Routes for the A63............................................................33 8.0 GATHERING INFORMATION AND CONSIDERING INFORMATION NEEDS..34 8.1 Streetworks Register .....................................................................................34 8.2 Traffic and Travel Information ........................................................................35 9.0 INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING ........................37 9.1 Incident Management ....................................................................................37 9.2 Emergency Planning......................................................................................37 10.0 DEALING WITH TRAFFIC GROWTH ...............................................................38 10.1 Traffic Growth within Hull...............................................................................38 10.2 Congestion Monitoring...................................................................................40 10.3 Tackling Congestion ......................................................................................40 11.0 WORKING WITH PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS ....................................41 1 Kingston upon Hull City Council Network Management Plan 11.1 Yorkshire Traffic Managers Group.................................................................41 11.2 Key Stakeholders in Hull................................................................................41 11.3 Cross-boundary Issues..................................................................................42 11.4 Ensuring Parity with Others ...........................................................................43 11.5 Consultation Strategy ....................................................................................43 12.0 PERFORMANCE ..............................................................................................46 12.1 Providing Evidence and Demonstrating Outcomes ........................................46 12.2 Actions Considered in Delivering the Network Management Duty..................46 12.3 Powers and Measures Used in Delivering the NMD.......................................46 12.4 Performance Indicators..................................................................................46 12.5 NMD Action Plan Score Sheet.......................................................................47 12.6 Network Management Target ........................................................................48 12.7 Improvement Plan..........................................................................................48 References ..................................................................................................................50 Appendices Appendix 1 – HCC Streetscene Services Structure Appendix 2 – Intervention Criteria Appendix 3 – Major Freight Traffic Generators and Attractors Appendix 4 – Current Freight Traffic Restrictions Appendix 5 – Consultation Strategy Appendix 6 – Action Plan Scoring Sheet 2 Kingston upon Hull City Council Network Management Plan 1.0 FOREWORD The introduction of the Traffic Management Act 2004 has given local highway authorities a greater responsibility to ensure the expeditious movement of traffic on their local highway network. In order to discharge this responsibility effectively and efficiently, the Council has developed its first Network Management Plan. In developing the plan it has been recognised that the needs of all highway users, including cyclists and pedestrians have to be taken into account in order for the Council to fully discharge its network management duties. There has never been a greater pressure on local highway authorities to maintain its highway asset and keep all modes of traffic moving safely as there is at present. In view