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原文传递 Warning signs on Lane Rental expansion
题名: Warning signs on Lane Rental expansion
正文语种: eng
作者: Chris Ames
摘要: Lane rental schemes allow highway authorities to charge utility firms - and themselves - up to £2,500 per day for carrying out works on busy roads at peak times, with the aim of incentivising efforts to streamline such works and reduce their impact. In 2018, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced that, following successful pilots in London and Kent, other authorities would be able to introduce schemes, subject to ministerial approval. In February, Surrey County Council announced that it would become the first authority outside the pilots to introduce a scheme, beginning on 1 April. This month Transport for London's scheme has been expanded to cover more of the capital's roads, as well as footways and cycle lanes, and its charging structure amended. It said the new scheme would provide 'incentives for the highest safety standards' and help more people walk and cycle, 'by making roadworks more efficient and reducing the disruption faced when pavements and cycle routes are blocked by roads being dug up'. Not everyone is happy with the expansion of Lane Rental. Writing on the Street Works UK website, chief executive Clive Bairsto said 'some local schemes have strayed from what one would imagine - and each of us as taxpayers might hope - as being the Government's original purpose for Lane Rental; an intent to remove and reduce traffic congestion'. He said: 'Infrastructure projects to help future-proof the UK economy, such as super-fast broadband and upgrades to the electricity networks to allow for increased electric car usage, will all require street works.'
出版年: 2021
期刊名称: Highways
卷: 90
期: 4
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