TMA Readiness

Communications
Update
“Highway Authorities – Communication Focus”
“The Objective of this Session is to enable
each of you to leave here today with a more
thorough understanding of the Traffic
Management Act (TMA) Legislation & the
anticipated behavioural changes this will
bring about with its introduction.”
At the End of this Session, you will:
● Know the name of the current legislation
controlling all our Streetworks business
activities
● Understand the significant changes to Street

Works Management under a new Act of

Parliament – “The Traffic Management Act
(TMA)”
● Have an understanding of the varying
business focus areas that pose a challenge
to our Organisation Readiness to TMA
● Understand the implication & consequent
impact on our day-to-day work life
● Our Current State of TMA Readiness
● Next Steps
Module 1 Welcome and introduction

Module 2 Communications

Module 3 Notice Requests & Timelines

Module 4 TMA ‘To Be’ Process Overview

Module 5 Signing, Lighting and Guarding

Module 6 Doing things differently

Hand-outs and course feedback

Module 1 Welcome and introduction

Module 2 Communications

Module 3 Notice Requests & Timelines

Module 4 TMA ‘To Be’ Process Overview

Module 5 Signing, Lighting and Guarding

Module 6 Doing things differently

Hand-outs and course feedback

 • Send Highway Authorities a notice of the intention to excavate in a particular location
on the public highway (s54)
• Send a notice confirming when work will start (s55)
• Send a notice confirming work has started at the location (s74)
• Send a notice confirming work has finished at the location (s74)
• Send a notice confirming the dimensions of the permanent reinstatement (for the
purposes of a 2 or 3 year guarantee) (s70)

Tell HA of Send notice Tell HA you Tell HA the

Tell HA you
potential confirming have finished permanent
have started
intent to when work and cleared site reinstatement
to excavate
excavate will start details

Advanced
Notice
Period Request Period Works Notice Period 7 Days After Perm

Time Line
 Notice Lead-in time
(How long before you can start on site)
S54 Advance S55 Notice S57
Notice of Starting Emergency
date Notice

Major 3 Months 10 Days N/A

Standard N/A 10 Days N/A

Minor N/A 3 Days N/A

Immediate –
N/A 2 hrs after N/A
Urgent
Immediate –
N/A N/A 2 hrs after
Emergency

Note: All days are working days. All months are calendar months
The 2004 TMA does not replace NRSWA
1991 – “It adds onto it”.

It tightens the regulatory framework under

1991 and gives new powers to Highway
Authorities.

OBJECTIVE:
“Reduce Congestion for all Road Users!”
• Streetworks Legislation
• Duty of street authorities to co-ordinate
all works on the highway
• Duty of work promoters to co-operate in
the process
• TMA – Network Management Duty
• Co-ordinating & planning works &
known events
• Ensuring Parity; applying same
standard or approach to Authority’s
own works as with Promoter works
• TMA is the overarching legislation and
each Authority will have its performance &
compliance monitored
• There are measures that an Authority can
use to control works that it believes could
cause serious traffic disruption
• Directions can affect when and where a
Works Promoter can carry out works in the
Street
• The Street Authority must respond within an
agreed time period if it intends to give a
direction
• The street authority can challenge the
proposed duration of works – “duration
challenge”
TMA states that a Highway Authority has a
duty to:
• Secure the expeditious movement of traffic
on the Authority’s road network

• Facilitating the expeditious movement of

traffic on road networks for which another
Authority is the Traffic Authority

“Enacted in – January 2005”

The Network Management Duty Guidance
states that:
• Parity is an important principle in exercising the
duty. Authorities MUST lead by example
applying the same standards & approaches to
their own activities as to those of others

The Network Management Duty Intervention

Criteria also states that:
• Do the authority apply the same standards and
approaches to their own activities as they do to
those of others and do they provide evidence
of this, particularly in relation to utilities’ street
works & developers’ works”

Use of FPNs is a sign of failure;
that Authorities & Promoters are
‘NOT’ Co-operating!!
FPN Objectives:
• to encourage accurate and timely notice data
• to improve the co-ordination of works
• to improve data quality for all works promoters
• to contribute to the aim of the Traffic Management Act
2004 - minimising disruption arising from road and street
works
FPN Applicability:
• Applicable only for offences committed after 12th May ‘08
• Sent within 91 calendar days of commission of offence
• Penalty is £120 or discounted to £80 if paid within 29 days
• Once paid no further action can be taken
• Once FPN given, no court action may be commenced until
payment period has expired
• Excessive use of FPNs will lead to challenges, especially if
evidence to back up justification is limited
• FPNs are not a means of providing revenue and should not
be regarded as guarantee income stream, nor should
targets be set for their issue
• A work must always have a one-to-one relationship with a NSG Street
• Related works can be grouped using a project reference
• Notice Periods: The greater the disruption, the longer the Notice
Period required; Notice periods specified are minimum; Longer periods
of Notice should be given and notice information should be updated,
wherever possible
• Under ETON4 (Electronic Transfer of Notices), there is a definitive
format for all Notices
• Day means “working day”, any day except weekends and public &
bank holidays
• Working day is defined as 8:00AM – 4:30PM. Any notice received after
4:30PM is deemed to be given on the next working day
• The notice period starts when the notice is received by the Authority
• Public and personal safety
• Maintain and improve reputation
• Improving the network and reducing the demands on
the network
• Managing events that put further pressure on the
network such as planned road works and events;
emergencies such as accidents or poor weather
conditions
• Improving communications to road users i.e. public
perception on how street works are managed
• Improve internal and external communication

We will all have to change our behaviours

and the way we work now.
 Notices /
Safety at
Registration
Works

Stakeholder
Communications

Financial New
Impacts Process
Module 1 Welcome and introduction

Module 2 Communications

Module 3 Notice Requests & Timelines

Module 4 TMA ‘To Be’ Process Overview

Module 5 Signing, Lighting and Guarding

Module 6 Doing things differently

Hand-outs and course feedback

• Works vs. Notice: Co-ordination aimed at minimising
traffic congestion
• When to issue a Fixed Penalty Notice
• Engage with all Works Promoters
• Performance Monitoring & Management
• Monitor Trends – across non-compliance, all works, etc
• Monitor Improvements
• When to prosecute
• Resources: Costs vs. Benefits
• Network Management Duties
• Get into Teams
• Each team will represent one of the various
stakeholder groups (Co-ordinators, Inspectors,
etc)
• Illustrate on the flip chart the expectations that
each stakeholder has on one another for each
business process – viz: nature of hand-off, time
of hand-off, implication of inaction/delays,
exception scenarios, etc
• Final Output to be evaluated in Module 4
• Information flow is essential between all
stakeholders
• Prompt & Accurate information is vital
• Understand following noticing aspects –
• Why?
• When?
• How? and
• What?
• Any failure/inaction will result in severe
financial implications/penalties
Module 1 Welcome and introduction

Module 2 Communications

Module 3 Notice Requests & Timelines

Module 4 TMA ‘To Be’ Process Overview

Module 5 Signing, Lighting and Guarding

Module 6 Doing things differently

Hand-outs and course feedback

 The max time on the
The time window
notice in which work
in which you can
must be completed
start work

Send a Send a Send a Send a S74 &

S54 S55 S74 S70
Beyond this
point S74
10 days 5 day start charges
3 months may apply
validity Carry out works

>10 days on Time

site

I want to Yes I still want This is the I’ve started I’ve stopped my
work in 3 to start in 10 earliest day I digging on works and
months time days time want to start site cleared site
digging
Module 1 Welcome and introduction

Module 2 Communications

Module 3 Notice Requests & Timelines

Module 4 TMA ‘To Be’ Process Overview

Module 5 Signing, Lighting and Guarding

Module 6 Doing things differently

Hand-outs and course feedback

 Provide a summary of your
TMA Business Processes in
this Module

Note: The To-Be Processes are detailed in separate slide pack

Module 1 Welcome and introduction

Module 2 Communications

Module 3 Notice Requests & Timelines

Module 4 TMA ‘To Be’ Process Overview

Module 5 Signing, Lighting and Guarding

Module 6 Doing things differently

Hand-outs and course feedback

Module 1 Welcome and introduction

Module 2 Communications

Module 3 Notice Requests & Timelines

Module 4 TMA ‘To Be’ Process Overview

Module 5 Signing, Lighting and Guarding

Module 6 Doing things differently

Hand-outs and course feedback

 “Success needs a commitment
from all of us to work together to
reduce disruption from
Streetworks”

THANK YOU