The subject headings below link to the full request details along with the council's response.
3 questions in relation to speed cameras in Thurrock...
As part of my research I would like to know what elements of your
highways maintenance services are you likely to tender in the next
5 years including estimated dates and financial value of the
tendered services....
10 questions in relation to local carriageways
I understand that the Traffic Management Dept of the council has a comprehensive list of Disabled Parking Bays in the whole area. Our organisation the Coalition for Independent Living CIC is setting up local peer brokerage franchises across England (see our website www.c-i-l.org.uk for full details). With these franchises...
I would be grateful if you would provide the following information in relation to B1335 Sandy Lane, Aveley and in particular the section between Sandy Lane Farm and A1306 New Road.
I request the following information, which should enable me to adequately consider the authority's safety inspections and road classifications:
1.Dates...
5 questions in relation to what computer software is in use for different departments....
1. How many empty properties are currently under the control of the local authority in its area?
2. Please confirm if there is a list of these properties which is available publicly.
3. If there is such a register please confirm how such a register can be...
I am writing to you seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act about the winter service gritting resources held by the council and the gritting trigger temperature used by the council to make decisions about precautionary treatments of road surfaces.
I would be grateful if you could provide me with...
Which council run car park in your council area achieved the highest income in the last financial year? Please give the name and address of the car park, what the total income from it was to the council last year and how many parking spaces are in that car park?...
Please advise the name of the Officer responsible for commissioning the report named Overnight HGV Parking in Thurrock November 2010.
Was the document checked for accuracy and by who. Why was this deemed specifically necessary in November 2010. What was the name of the officer who posted this to Thurrock's website...
In March 2011 - you published on your website that all new buildings on ICG's site at Stoneness Road were permitted development. However, a letter from the planning department on 7 July 2011 stated this was wrong and now planning officers have stated that two of the buildings are not...
The Transport Research Laboratory is carrying out research on behalf of the Footways and Cycle Track Management Group (www.footways.org) with the aim of improving the current Footway Risk Analysis Model (a tool available to all local authorities), and developing an equivalent tool for cycleways. This requires data regarding...
Please can you tell me the name of the council's contractor who is responsible for the inspection of the highways both detailed and safety.
The carriageway at West Road, South Ockendon was inspected on December 16th 2010. Please will you confirm this inspection to be the monthly safety inspection. Please may...
1)Does the council directly employ traffic wardens and or traffic enforcement officers and or their equivalent. If the answer to this question is yes could the council please state how many traffic wardens and or traffic enforcement officers and or their equivalent the council does employ?
2)Does the council have contracts...
1. Does the council have responsibility for and or hold information relating to the naming and renaming of streets within its area?
2. During the aforementioned period has the council changed the name of any street in its area? If so can the council please state what the street used...
1. How many Civil Enforcement Officers does your parking department employ for: 1. on-street and 2. CCTV enforcement (including mobile enforcement)?
2. Are these staff employed directly by the local authority or by a contractor? If the latter please provide the name of the contractor.
3. What role specific training has...
1. How much did your council spend repairing kerbs, pavements and public walkways in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006?
2. Where your council has a separate budget for reactive repairs on kerbs, pavements and public walkways, please give approximate figures for the amount spent in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and...
West Road, South Ockendon:
I would be grateful if you could let me have the details of the categorisation of this particular road (e.g. a 'B' road compared to an 'A' road);
The type of inspection required; if that type varies at different times of the year;
The competence...
1. What total revenue did you receive
i) in the financial year 2009-2010 and
ii) what is the budgeted figure for 2010/11 (as set before the year commenced) and
iii) 2011/12 for each of:
a) Off-street car parks
b) On-street parking (meters, pay & display etc)
c) Parking permits (residents' and other).
d) Other...
I would like to know how many dog waste bins there are within your area.
How much it costs to have them emptied and would it be possible for you to forward me the email address of the person in charge of the landscape division, or who ever deals with the...
I would like to be provided the following information relating to the highway on Lenthall Avenue, Grays, Essex RM17 in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.
1. Records of highway inspections since 2005
2. Records of complaints relating to the highway since 2005
3. Records of maintenance since 2005...
The number of compensation claims - both successful and unsuccessful - made against the council for damage to property or persons due to the state of the roads in:
2011; 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007
If it is easier to provide the figures for the financial year, please do so....
I would like a list of all public services that are currently contracted out to the private sector, for example a number of councils currently contract out their waste management to third parties.
I would like to know:
The service which has been contracted out
The name of the company contracted to carry...
1. How much did your authority budget for highways maintenance in the past financial year (2010-11) and the previous one (2009-2010)?
2. How much did your authority actually spend on highways maintenance in the past financial year (2010-11) and the previous one (2009-2010)?
3. How much is your authority looking to budget...
1. How many claims for damage to cars (or other vehicles) due to potholes have been submitted to the council in each of the last 24 months? (i.e. please breakdown by month)
2. How many of these claims have been successful?
3. How many of these claims were unsuccessful?
4. How many are...
I request all documents that could be described as being rules, legislation, instructions, advice, information, or guidance for 'lollipop men/women' (also known as school crossing patrol officers, among other titles) produced by your council since January 1st 2008.
Please also include your council's official title for such lollipop men/woman (ie is...
1. How many traffic enforcement officers were employed by the council in 2006/2007 and what was the undiscounted price of a parking ticket and what was the discounted price?
2. How many traffic enforcement officers were employed by the council in 2007/2008 and what was the undiscounted price of a parking...
1. How many miles of roads does the council have responsibility for? (estimate if necessary)
2. How many potholes were reported to the council in total in
a) FY 2008/09,
b) FY 2009/10,
c) the financial year to date?
3. How many potholes were repaired in
a) FY 2008/09,
b) FY...
Could you please tell me how many parking tickets have been issued to HGV's in Thurrock from 01/04/10 to present date and a list of all the parking fines that have been issued on Globe Industrial Estate, between 01/04/10 and the present date....
This request is intended for Highways Authorities only:
From your streetworks register (or wherever the information is stored) please provide a list of the ten roads or streets in your Highway Authority area for which you are responsible that have had the longest running roadworks in the two most recent financial...
Please could you provide me information on the following in relation to Fenner Road, West Thurrock, in particular the area between the intersection with the roundabout under the A126 and the bridge of Fleming Road.
1. Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway between 15/11/2010 and 1/11/08....
Please disclose how many days worth of grit and salt your council has in reserve for use on roads and pavements this winter.
Please include both the amount of grit and salt (it's weight) and the number of days worth of grit and salt you have....
How much road salt has been ordered for this winter period (2010-11) in tonnes?
How much road salt was ordered for last year's winter period (2009-10) in tonnes?
Please state the provider that was used in each winter period.
When was the order for this winter period's (2010-11) road salt placed?
Has...
I request reports of road repairs carried out in West Tilbury for 2010....
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you tell me whether, since 1st January 2005, your council has permanently removed cobblestones from any roads or pavements in your area as part of any improvement or resurfacing schemes.
Please could you indicate where this occurred and specify what type of surface...
1. Please could you identify the street/road in your council area that has racked up the highest a) individual parking fine and b) total parking fines (cumulative) over the space of a year, for the last three years.
2. Please could you identify the speed camera in your council area that...
A list of all the parking fines that have been issued on Globe Industrial Estate, between 14th May 2008 and 28th July 2010, the roads in question are Cement Block Cottages and Towers Road?...
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you tell me whether you have *renamed *any streets, roads, avenues etc. in your council area since 1st January 2000?
If so, could you please tell me the old name, the new one, and the reason it was changed.
If the information cannot be...
Addition to cycle paths on Southend Road where railway bridge is approx 2 years ago. Recently this has been reinstated to its original layout. Can you please advise why this has happened and the costs involved....
I would like to make a request under Freedom of Information Legislation about the work of traffic wardens in Thurrock.
How many fixed penalty notices were issued in Thurrock in the year to April 30 2010?
What was the total value of the fines? What was the average value?
What are the main...
Part one - Highway Act 1980.
1. Has your council taken action under Section 132 of the Highways Act 1980 to remove any unauthorised signs or structures from the highway.
2. Did you serve any notice upon any party before taking this action.
Part two - Adoption of privately owned land
1....
Major Road Schemes
Could you please advise if there is a publicly available information source which would allow us to identify all current or proposed major road schemes in your Council area? Major road schemes would include the following:-
Constructing new roads
Construction of new subways, underpasses, flyovers, roundabouts
Widening of...
1. Why has the amount of council tax increased?
2. How often, if at all, are the streets and pavements around Orsett Village cleaned and maintained?
3. Does the tax include the maintenance of roads and pavements in the area?...
1) Who is your on street contractor for parking offences?
2) How many PCNs a year do they issue?
3) When is the contract ending?
4) How many CEO does your contractor deploy daily?...
1. Who owns Russell Road in Tilbury?
2. Is it an offence to park on the road and do the Council have any [enforcement] powers for this road?
3. Has the Council asked the company named South East Clamping & Associates to act on removal or clamping on its behalf, in that...
All the entries indicating the right of way status for Cam Green as entered in the list of streets which have to be kept under section 36 of the Highways Act 1980. Also the right of way status prior to the highways Act 1980 going back to when Cam...
How many public liability claims did the council receive from motorists in 2009 claiming damage to their vehicles as a result of defects (pot holes
etc) in the council's roads?
How many of these claims have been dealt with and how many remain outstanding?
How many of the claims did the council payout...
I am currently researching for an article regarding the types of equipment used to control parking spaces in the UK and how these products are maintained. It will assess technology spread and where the future lies within the parking sector.
I would be very grateful if you could provide these...
1) How many request for enforcement lineage for drive access / dropped kerbs has the council received ?
Clarification - I meant single yellow, double yellow or the single white lines that are put in front of drives with drop kerbs to prevent parking.
2) How many of these request...
a) The total number of successful claims made against the Councils for damage to vehicles caused by road defects for the 2008/9 financial year.
b) The total amount paid to settle claims against the Councils for damage to vehicles caused by road defects for the 2008/9 financial year.
c)...
I would be grateful if you could provide us with some information regarding the procedures in place at Thurrock District Council for the implementation of Traffic Schemes in each of the following categories:
1. permanent stopping up or diversion
2. waiting or loading restrictions
3. one way driving
4. prohibition...
Announcement and commencement dates of all road maintenance and improvement works in 2007-08 and 2008-09....
1. Currently how many Full Time Equivalent staff do you employ to maintain your highways maintenance services (highways, footways, street lights and street signs, winter gritting) who are:
a) Manual staff (i.e. in the DSO)
b) Non manual staff? (i.e. managing the works...
1. How much did your authority spend in 2008/09 on maintaining ROADS (excluding footways) via:
a) REACTIVE patching of roads (i.e. in response to public complaints, Councillor requests, reports of potholes, your Inspectors findings potholes, etc)?
b) PLANNED roads maintenance schemes (i.e. digging up and relaying entire roads, major schemes,...
For the 'On-street parking and Waiting restrictions order' (2005), I would like the statistics/consultation docs/research/surveys/data to evidence the rationale for this order, particularly around number of residents permits allowed per household. I also request any information/statistics/surveys/research to evidence the policy of refusing to issue parking permits in areas of oversubscription....
1. i) Please supply details of any road schemes within your councils remit.
ii) Please also advise on how I can monitor any revisions to these schemes.
2. i) please supply details of any traffic schemes which the local authority has approved but not yet implemented....
a)Information about the most recent contract you have agreed for the purchase of road salt:
1.The date on which the contract was agreed.
2.The quantity of road salt involved.
3.The price or prices stipulated for the road salt.
4.The total sum of money involved.
5.The name of the company supplying the road salt.
6.The time period...
1.Which CAD system is used in your Highways / Traffic & Transportation engineering departments? (AutoCAD, Microstation, MapInfo etcetera) Autocad
2.If it is AutoCAD, how many user licences does the council have for AutoCAD LT?
3.How many user licences does the council have for the full version of AutoCAD?
4.How many user...
As a part of some wider research I would like to request details under the Freedom of Information Act of highways maintenance contracts that the council keeps, for the construction and repair of highways and roads within the authority. If available, I would be highly appreciative if you could...
1) full details of the NI inspections on the A1306 in 2009.
2) full details of the works instruction issued for cleansing, and when did the cleansing take place....
1.Do you currently have in place any highways maintenance contracts of greater than two years' duration?
2.If so, and for each contract, does the contract for these works include a method of calculating the impact of inflation over the course of the contract, to allow recovery of these cost increases by...
List of all un-adopted highways in Thurrock.
1. Does the council have any 'shared surfaces' High Street/town centre schemes in its administration area? Please provide location/address details, including county.
2. If the answer to question 1 is 'yes', when was the shared surface introduced and what was the total cost of its development?
Please outline the funding in detail...
How much has been spent on roads by each local authority in the last 3 financial years (beginning 1 April 2005 and ending 31 March 2008)....
How much has been spent on roads by your local authority in each of the past five years?...
How many parking tickets have been issued to vehicles in Park Road and Clarence Road, Grays between 12:00 and 14:30 on Fridays for the last 8 months?...
Confirm the following:
1. That all paperwork (Penalty Charge Notices, Notice to Owners, Notices of Rejection, Charge Certificates and Orders for Recovery) are ready
and compliant with the Traffic Management Act 2004.
2....
Provide details of the original proposals of Devonshire Road along with planning
applications and approvals and details of public consultation....
1. What is the name of the collection and enforcement agency/bailiffs, contracted or non-contracted, currently providing debt recovery services for Thurrock Borough Council, of penalty charge notices (PCNs)?
2. When does the current collection and enforcement agency/bailiff, contract/agreement of PCN debt collection service end?
3. What is the likely retendering date once...
1.What was the cost of installing the pedestrian/horse crossing on Stanford road just past Daneholes roundabout en route to King Edward Drive?
2. Why was the crossing deemed necessary?...
1. What was the cost of the gates, posts and signs required in the gating of footpath 129?
2. What was the full court costs with regards to the two cancelled court appearances?
3. What was the full cost of the removal of the gates?
4. What was the cost of storing these...
1. What is the number of Penalty Charge Notices issued from 01/01/06 to 31/12/06 and/or the number of Excess Charge Notices issued for the same period?
2. What is the total value in pounds of fines issued in the same period?...
1. How many consultants were employed by the Council prior to May 2004 and what did they cost the Council in the year ended March 2004?
2. How many consultants were employed by the Council since June 2004 and what did they cost the Council in the year ended March 2005...
Regarding the area in Chafford Hundred known as LP78: Which parts have been adopted and are now under the control of Thurrock Council? (Particular interests include street furniture, lights and a large field surrounded by Frobisher Gardens and Sachfield Drive)....
What are the latest Road safety figures for Thurrock?...
Footpaths & Insurance: Thurrock has emerged as the Council who has had most claims. Why does the Council think this is and what is being done to make footpaths safer?...
Details relating to Council Taxi Ranks, traffic legislation, Penalty Charge Notices, disability badge holders and training/communications of procedures provided to Council Parking Attendants....
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