Response 598602803

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Questions

1. Should utility companies be required to produce quality plans for proposed road works?

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No

2. Should there be a single guarantee period offered on utility reinstatements of 6 years regardless of the depth of excavation?

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Yes
No

3. If introduced, should the impact of quality plans be reviewed after a suitable period (perhaps 6 years), and the necessity of the latent defect process be assessed?

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Yes
No

4. Should we clarify that the scope for a code of practice on reinstatement (currently the Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Roads) includes all activity relating to the execution of road works e.g. signing lighting guarding, excavation, reinstatement, and guarantee period?

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Yes
No

5(a). Should start actual starts, works completed, works cleared, and works closed notices be notified within 2 hours, or within 2 hours of the start of the next business day if outwith office hours?

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Yes
No

5(b). Should the validity period for notices placed onto the Scottish Road Works Register in relation to planned works be reduced, the proposal being that they be set at 4 days or 2 days depending on the traffic sensitivity of the road?

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Yes
No

6. Should the provision of plant information to the Scottish Road Works Register should be made mandatory?

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Yes
No

7(a). Should the obligation on the Scottish Road Works Commissioner to make the Scottish Road Works Register available for inspection be repealed?

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Yes
No

7(b). Should the duty to make the Scottish Road Works Register available for inspection be replaced with a duty on the Scottish Road Works Commissioner to actively publish information relating to the location of planned and actual road works?

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Yes
No

8. Should “the Safety at Street Works and Road Works A Code of Practice” apply equally to roads authority and utility road work sites?

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Yes
No

9. Should utility and roads authority workers be required to be qualified in the “Signing Lighting and Guarding” of a site, and also in the “Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus”?

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Yes
No

10. Should the minimum legal requirement for at least ‘one’ operative to be qualified be increased to ensure that more operatives at each road work site hold formal qualifications for the particular work they are undertaking?

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Yes
No

11. Do you agree with our policy proposals to revise and improve the enforcement of road works in Scotland by the Scottish Road Works Commissioner?

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Yes
No

12. Do you agree with our policy proposals to reform the use of Fixed Penalty Notices for the enforcement of road works in Scotland?

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Yes
No

13. Do you agree with our policy proposals to enhance the role of the Scottish Road Works Commissioner?

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No

14. Should there be flexibility to prescribe the restricted period following substantial works through secondary legislation?

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Yes
No

15. Should we clarify that a roads authority is included within those to be notified under Section 114 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991?

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Yes
No

16. Should roads authorities be one of the parties that must be notified under statute to help formalise the use of early and late start consents?

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Yes
No

17. Should Section 132 of NRSWA be repealed?”

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Yes
No

18. Should noticing requirements for roads authorities and utility companies be exactly the same in order to facilitate coordination and cooperation?

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Yes
No

19. Should Section 61 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 be revoked with savings provisions for existing agreements?

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Yes
No

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