3 rd International Road Surface Friction Conference Gold Coast Australia 15 – 18 May 2011 Safer Road Surfaces – Saving Lives

Matthew Lugg Chair of UK Roads Board Vice President of ADEPT Chair of Midland Highway Alliance Chair of Operational Delivery for HMEP Director of Environment and Transport, Leicestershire County Council

Topics Covered About me and the UK networking organisations UKRB, ADEPT, MHA, HMEP Leicestershire’s approach to improving skid resistance to reduce road casualties

Leicestershire Population – 644,700 Highways Budget - £50m Length of road network - 4,340km

Formed – 2001 Representation – Department for Transport, Scottish Executive, Welsh Office, Northern Ireland Roads plus Local Government Technical Groups Gives advise to government and develops and promulgates best practice LL

UK Roads Liaison Group UK Bridges Board UK Roads Board UK Network Management Board UK Lighting Board Asset Management Group Footway and Cycle track Management Group Pavement Condition Management Group UK Roads Liaison Group Structure L

Codes of Practice L

is:- Formerly County Surveyors Society from 1885 Nationally and internationally respected, authoritative professional body First choice for Government and stakeholders for advice Strategically positioned on hot issues An inclusive, participative and responsive membership An advisory centre of excellence, but reaching to regions Influencing policy for members and customers Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport LL

Structure President Vice President Second Vice President Honorary Secretary & Treasurer EngineeringPlanning & Regeneration TransportEnvironment Finance Presidents Team Committees Bridges Soils and Materials Highway Asset Management Street Lighting Service Improvement Group Countryside Traffic and Safety Integrated Transport Working Groups LL

Headlines £6m secured to support a 2 year efficiency programme – 2011/12 and 2012/13. Solutions to be sector led, transferable and adaptable Must capitalise on existing efficiency work and seed fund any further research. Content of programme must bring value for money. Needs to be a transformational programme which embeds efficiency LL

Work Streams Group 1 Efficient Operational Delivery Procurement Strategies Shared service provisions Asset Management Planning Design Standards Group 3 Communications Capability and Communication and Marketing Skills – capability and capacity Benefits realisation LL Group 2 Business Improvement Governance Lean Management Change Management Incentives for change and innovation Group 4 Research and Data Management Research and Horizon Scanning Price/Quality Measurement Benchmarking of costs and performance

Midlands Highways Alliance What is it? 16 East Midlands local authorities with common interests in improving performance and making efficiency savings in the delivery of highway services working in collaboration LL

Governance LL Midlands Alliance Executive Board Programme Board Skills Academy Medium Schemes Working Group Team Contract Working Group Commodities Working Group Professional Services Working Group

Benefits for Councils and Service Users Savings in procurement costs £11m (in 3 years) Sharing Best Practise means higher levels of service for all Access to additional resources/expertise Develops skills and training opportunities LL

UK Government’s 10 Year Road Safety Strategy for % reduction in KSI

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Leicestershire’s Site categories and Investigatory Levels Site category and definitionInvestigatory Level at 50km/h BDual carriageway non-event CSingle carriageway non-event QApproaches to and across minor roads and junctions. QApproaches to roundabouts KApproaches to pedestrian xings and other high risk sites. RRoundabout G1Gradient 5-10% longer than 50m G2Gradient >10% longer than 50m S1Bend radius <500m – dual carriageway S2Bend radius 250m - 500m – single carriageway S2*Bend radius <250m – single carriageway

Sideway-force Coefficient Routine Investigation Maintenance

Grip Tester

Griptester Survey Annual survey 30% of A and B roads Investigatory levels based on local strategy with reference to TD 28/04 Results in GIS format Used for scheme identifications e.g. annual surface dressing programme Used by Accident Investigation Unit

Using Highway Condition Data

Using Highway Condition Data Grip Tester

Using Highway Condition Data Scanner

Using Highway Condition Data Deflectograph

Accident Investigation Sites

A50 Junction, Groby Before After anti–skid treatment

Eastwell Crossroads BeforeAfter anti-skid treatment

Evidence of the reduction in road casualties solely through surfacing improvements in Leicestershire ( ) TreatmentNo. of SchemesReduction of accidents over 3 years Anti Skid26 (67%) Surface dressing with high PSV material 943 (77%) Re-texturing110 (70%) Average reduction 76%

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