As the Highway Authority for nearly all public roads and footpaths in the County of Lincolnshire, we want to ensure roadworks are well planned and managed to minimise disruption to all users of the roads and footpaths.
We encourage you to work with us by ensuring traffic is managed as efficiently as possible and by reducing the time spent working on the public road or footpath to a single event. This will benefit both of us in the following ways:
You will finish your works safely and sooner.
We will have traffic flow returned to normal sooner.
You will save costs through reduced working time and fewer defects to repair.
We will have a safe road or footpath for users to travel along.
Our working relationship will become stronger.
Our relationship with the community will be strengthened.
What We Need From You
To achieve the benefits above, you should produce a works programme which includes:
Details of proposed new roads and footpaths joining the public road or footpath.
Details of public road or footpath improvements.
Utility network connections or diversions such as gas, water and electricity.
Reinforcement to utility networks.
Details of temporary works.
Traffic management plan.
Expected duration.
Risk register identifying risks to the duration and extent of the work.
What We Provide To You
When we have received your works programme, we will assist you with the following:
Advice on managing traffic.
Provisional dates for working on the public road or footpath.
Encouragement of collaboration between you and other third-party works in the same location.
Attendance at meetings with you and utility service providers.
Assistance with delays or issues relating to utility network connections.
Information for onsite notice boards.
Working Together
It is important that we work together and that you liaise with us and utility service providers to ensure orders are placed in good time. This will enable one or both of the following:
Collaborative works – where multiple parties work in the same area, benefiting from trench sharing or the same traffic management setup.
Consecutive works – where multiple parties work one after the other without delay, using the same traffic management setup.
It is unlawful to carry out works on public roads and public footpaths without permission.
Application to Work
You should apply at least three months in advance and have one or more of the following in place:
Application approval for a Section 38 Agreement to join a public road or footpath.
A Section 278 legal agreement to improve the layout of a public road or footpath.
A minor Section 278 legal agreement where a new addition is made to a public road or footpath.
Approval of a competent contractor to improve the layout of a public road or footpath.
An application will be refused if one or more of the above requirements relevant to the proposed work are not in place.
Public liability insurance (minimum cover of £10 million).
Supervisors' and operatives' accreditation as required under The Street Works (Qualification of Supervisors and Operatives) (England) Regulations 2009.
Temporary Traffic Restrictions
If your traffic management plan requires temporary restrictions to traffic, such as road closures, speed limit reductions or other restrictions, you must apply for a temporary traffic restriction at the same time as your application to work.
Privately Maintained Utility Connections
If you intend to install sewers, water, gas, electricity or any other apparatus beneath a public road or footpath that will be privately maintained and not maintained by a statutory utility service provider, you must apply for a licence.
