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128 Chapter 7Matchday restrictions – Watford.the whole process out toconsultants, althoughconsultants can provideimportant skills and resources.Ultimately the authority hasresponsibility for running theoperation itself, whether bycontract or direct labour.Consequently the team will needto comprise officers other thanjust from the engineering andtraffic management department.The council’s lawyers, auditors,human resources, publicrelations and member servicesofficers are all going to beinvolved in the longer term. Acomprehensive project team,therefore, has to be establishedat the start, with a closerelationship with the councillorsconcerned, if the project is to beeffectively managed and achieveBest Value.It is important that the teamworks to the parking businessplan that is prepared as part ofthe Parking Strategy (see alsoChapters 4 and 10).Budgetary requirements are afurther constraint. Both capitaland revenue expenditure have tobe planned into the annualbudgets of an authority. For bidsto be assessed, officers willnormally need to have a clearidea of their future estimates atthe beginning of the calendaryear. If Local Transport Planexpenditure is involved,submissions have to be made inJuly for the forthcoming financialyear.Major schemes must be thesubject of consultation with thepeople affected, and it will benecessary to communicateinformation about the schemebefore, during and after itsimplementation on the ground.Guidance is provided in Chapter8.References(1) British Parking Association,Unpublished Report at BPA SeminarMarch 2003.(2) British Parking Association, Thesecured Car Park Award Scheme:Guidelines for Self-Assessment.(3) Institution of Structural Engineers,2002, Design recommendations formulti-storey and underground carparks (3rd edition).(4) Traffic Signs Regulations and GeneralDirections.(5) MVA, 1992, South East BirminghamStudy for Birmingham City Council.(6) Collis, HA and Read MJ, 1986, Acost/benefit study of ParkingEnforcement PTRC Summer AnnualMeeting.(7) CROW, 1993, Sign Up for the Bike:design manual for cycle-friendlyinfrastructure, Netherlands.(8) Government Office for London, 1998,Traffic Management & ParkingGuidance for London(9) Civic Trust, County Surveyors’ Society,Department of Transport, 1990, Lorriesand Traffic Management: A Manual ofGuidance for Local Authorities andothers, The Stationery Office.(10) DLTR, 2002, Traffic Advisory Leaflets02/02: Motorcycle Parking(11) The Institution of Highways &Transportation, 1996, Cycle-friendlyInfrastructure: Guidelines for Planningand Design, endorsed by theDepartment of Transport and theCyclists’ Touring Club.Butler, PE and Allan, MG, 1991, Red Routesin London, PTRC Summer AnnualMeeting.Collis HA, 1991, The Red Route scheme -Design and Implementation, PTRCSummer Annual Meeting.DTLR, 1993, Traffic Advisory Leaflets 04/93:Pavement Parking.DTLR, 1995, Traffic Advisory Leaflets 05/95:Parking for Disabled People.DTLR, 2001, Traffic Advisory Leaflets 02/01:Bus-Based Park & Ride.DfT, March 2000, Guidance on Full LocalTransport Plans.English Historic Towns Forum, 2000, BusbasedPark-and-Ride: Good PracticeGuide, 2nd Edition, Report No.48.Jones P, 1992, Illegal Stopping Activity atShopping Centres on Main Roads.Wood, K and Smith, R, 1992, Assessmentof the pilot priority Red Route inLondon, PTRC Summer AnnualMeeting.