HIGHWAYS AND ENGINEERING - Barnsley Council Online

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Engineering Services are the council’s inhouse highways service delivery unit. Functions include: • Highway maintenance – operational delivery of all works to roads, footways, bridges, street lighting, etc • Inspection of roads and footways • Programme management • Engagement and management of specialist contractors, subcontractors, material, plant materials and equipment suppliers • Adverse weather response, eg ice, snow, frost and flood • Fleet provision, maintenance and control • Purchase, storage and management of stores and supplies • We aim to minimise disruption to road users and to improve road safety through control and enforcement • We aim to repair faulty street lights within 5 working days; to make safe vandal damage within 1 hour; and to replace knocked down illuminated bollards within 2 working days. • We will ensure that abnormal loads use suitable routes within the borough • We will ensure that new streets are constructed to a suitable standard for adoption by the council • We aim to ensure that rights of way are always open for public use Our aims • We inspect activities taking place within the highway to ensure that the work is carried out to national standards for safety and quality • We inspect roads and footways to national standards to ensure they are in a safe condition. Any serious hazards identified will be repaired within 24 hours • We aim to prevent frost and ice forming on our main roads. In the event of heavy snowfall we will make every effort to keep our highway network clear. 3 O U R C O M M I T M E N T T O Y O U
HOW TO CONTACT US... You can contact us by: Telephone on 01226 773555 (24 hour/7 days) Fax on 01226 772196 Minicom (text phone) on 01226 772772 RNID with typetalk on 01226 775656 Email at roads@barnsley.gov.uk Internet at www.barnsley.gov.uk/highways Letter to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Environmental Services, PO Box 601, Barnsley, S70 9FA Or Visit us at Barnsley Connects offices across the borough Highways Agency A-One Plus Valley House, Valley Street, North Darlington, DL1 1TJ. Telephone: 0300 123 5000, Email: ha_info@highways.gsi.gov.uk 4 O U R C O M M I T M E N T T O Y O U
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