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ClearWay 2012 2 November 2009 London Highways Licensing Forum. Presented by Marian Coombs ClearWay 2012 Project Manager. ClearWay 2012 – highway licensing. Introduction to ClearWay 2012 Impact of highway licensing activities Considerations and next steps.
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ClearWay 2012 2 November 2009 London Highways Licensing Forum Presented by Marian Coombs ClearWay 2012 Project Manager
ClearWay 2012 – highway licensing • Introduction to ClearWay 2012 • Impact of highway licensing activities • Considerations and next steps
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games • Enables a designated ORN • Gives the Olympic Delivery Authority overriding highway/traffic powers • Requires ‘co-operation’ from authorities
Olympic Route Network • Core and venue • Alternative and training • Needed to get Games Family members to where they need to be, in the promised time
Olympic Route Network ORNS – Sensitive • Escape / diversion routes • Keep London Moving • Spectator routes • Event routes
ClearWay 2012 Objective: To minimise disruption caused by road and street works during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
ClearWay 2012 Approach: • Expertise: • To mobilise local expertise • To maximise interaction • Strategies: • To create management appropriate to works types • To create processes that use existing practices • Collaborative • Voluntary contributions • Available powers
ClearWay 2012 workstream strategies Planned works: To schedule utility works ahead of highway works and prior to special controls starting January 2011 for major works Connection works: To inform potential customers to time requests for connections prior to, or after Games Emergency works: To develop traffic-sensitive response procedures for rapid deployment
ClearWay 2012 – works controls • Works controls utilising existing TfL and authority powers: • Traffic Management Act 2004 • New Road and Street Works Act 1991
ClearWay 2012 Where does highway licensing fit in?
Highway licensing • Amenities licences • Building materials licences • Crane/oversail licences • Festive decorations licence • Filming licence • Hanging basket licence • Hoarding (structures) licences • Mobile apparatus licences (eg spider cranes, cherry pickers) • Modular accommodation (Portacabin™) licences • Overhead apparatus licences (eg banners, placards, flags) • Scaffold licences • Skip licences • Road closures (also requiring Traffic Regulation Order) • Temporary street works licence
Highway licensing Next steps • Complete research • Write draft proposal • Seek support and agreement • Present to Olympic Delivery Authority
Questions or thoughts? Marian.Coombs@tfl.gov.uk 020 3054 0949 ClearWay2012.gov.uk