Hampshire County Council’s Economy, Transport and Environment Department

Shaping Services for the Future

Departmental responsibility:

James Strachan, Assistant Director for Research and Resources

This document provides a summary of the principal services and planned service developments for the Economy, Transport and Environment Department (ETE), and indicates how you can get involved in shaping services, strategies and work programmes.

Information about ourservices is set out below in three sections that reflect the Department’s mainaims –

1 Economic Development - for a prospering Hampshire

2 Highways, Traffic and Transport - to keep Hampshire Moving

3 Waste, Planning and Environment - helping to shape Hampshire’s Future

We want to involve residents, service users, interest groups, existing and potential service providers and other organisations as early as we reasonably can when reshaping services. We are, however, open to ideas and comments at any point as part of our commitment to continual improvement.

This information will be regularly updated to ensure it sets out our programme for at least the next 12 months. It does not therefore represent a list of all policies, services, projects or potential business opportunities within the Department. For more detailed information about the Department's services please refer to the A - Z of services on the Council’s website,

There is a named manager and contact details foreach item listed on this schedule. However, if youcannot find anything you would expect tosee, or would like to give us feedback on theway the information is presented, please contact the schedule’s editor, Joanna Richardson by email or telephone 01962 867967.

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CONTENTS

Economic Development

Hampshire Economic Plan

Note -

Hampshire Tourism Strategy -

HIGHWAYS, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT

Highways, Traffic & Transport

Local Transport Plan (LTP3 )

Transport Capital Programme

Major Transport Schemes

Highways Development Planning Service

Highways Maintenance – delivery of Operation Resilience

Highways Maintenance – reactive maintenance

Term Highways Contract

Parish Lengthsman Pilots

Traffic Signals and associated equipment

Highway Policy and Regulation

South East 7 Regional Highways Works Framework

South East 7 Sub-Regional highways Works Framework

IESE South East Regional Highways Professional Services Framework

Technical Resources Framework

Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Framework

Traffic Management and Road Safety Service

School Crossing Patrol Service

Education and training programme

Hampshire Sustainable Travel Towns (HSTT)

Public and Community Transport

Contracts for subsidised local bus services

Contracts for district-based Dial-a-Ride and Call & Go services

Transport Self-help Kit

Street Lighting Private Finance Initiative (PFI)

WASTE, PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

Quality of Place

Total Environment

Environmental data and information provision

Flood Risk Management Strategy

Surface Water Management Plans

Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan

The Statement of Community Involvement

Waste and Resource Strategy

Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) Service Provision Review

Household Waste Recycling Centre Service Management and Operation Contract

Abandoned Vehicles County Contract (Collection & Disposal Service)

Collection and Processing of fly-tipped and HWRC Tyres

Waste Disposal Contract

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Economic Development- working with partners to promote Hampshire as an outstanding investment location, to support economic growth across Hampshire, to develop the physical environment for economic growth and to promote Hampshire as an outstanding visitor destination.
Please note Ideas are particularly welcome in Octobereach year in order to inform the annual review and the budget setting process. Further information about opportunities to engage are set out below.
Timescale / Programme / Service Information / Current or planned engagement / Lead Officer
2012 – 2015 / Hampshire Economic Plan – this planis in progress. Our overarching aim is for a prospering Hampshire. The plan sets out our four principal objectives to achieve economic growth across the Hampshire economic area. The plan focuses on:
Supporting key business sectors such as Marine and Aerospace and attracting new business investment
Working with business support organisations to help businesses grow, diversify, export and encourage entrepreneurship
Working with partners to develop transformational development sites such as Daedalus, Dunsbury Hill Farm and Whitehill Bordon
Developing and marketing Hampshire as an outstanding visitor destination for tourists and business visitors
Note - A link to the document will be added to this schedule in March 2013 / The planhas been developed in consultation with key stakeholders and will be reviewed regularly as part of the service review process.
Comments or queries on the plan are welcome at any point in order to help stakeholders have a better understanding of our economic development activity and to inform the review process.
In addition, we will engage with businesses and other stakeholders directly and at key events to raise awareness of the council’s programme of economic development activity and to further develop our strong partnership approach to delivering economic growth. / Andrea McCallum
Economic Projects Manager

01962 847395
2013 – 2018 / Hampshire Tourism Strategy - a new five-year strategyto help guide the development and promotion of Hampshire as a tourism destination.
This will follow on from the current Tourism Priorities for Hampshire 2007-12 document, which identifies priorities for HCC as well as Hampshire in its widest sense (i.e.local authorities and industry). / The consultation process, which will include liaising with local authorities and other public agencies, including heritage bodies and national park authorities, is due to start in April 2013 at which time details will be added to the consultation page of Hantsweb, the County Council’s website. / Andrew Bateman
Tourism Manager

0845 6035634 (Hantsdirect)

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HIGHWAYS, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT - a range of work to help keep Hampshire moving, including transport planning, traffic management, highways maintenance, and passenger transport.
Please note thatgeneral engagement on the items below is encouraged during October each year in order to inform the annual review and the budget-setting process. Further information about opportunities to engage are set out below.
Timescale / Programme / Service Information / Current or planned engagement / Lead Officer
Ongoing / Highways, Traffic & Transport– a range of services aimed at providing the county with:
- well maintained and resilient highways
- safe and well managed highways in Hampshire
- safe and efficient transport systems
HTT also produces strategies designed to develop Hampshire’s highway network and transport systems / Highways Traffic and Transport (HTT) officershave regular contact with key stakeholders, including district, borough, parish and town councils.
Ideas are particularly welcome in October each year to help inform annual budget and service planning. A consultation is open until the end of January 2013, at / Colin Taylor
Assistant Director
Highways, Traffic and Transport

0845 6035633
2011 - 2031 / Local Transport Plan (LTP3 ) sets out a vision for how the transport network of Hampshire will be developed over the next 20 years, and a three-year Implementation Plan setting out planned expenditure on transport over the period April 2011 to March 2014. It was approved by the Council after extensive consultation and can be viewed on
An annual review takes place each March to assess whether any updates are required to the strategy and to update the Implementation Plan, based on the latest financial position. / Ideas are particularly welcome in October each year to inform the annual review and implementation plan.
Where an annual review indicates a need to amend the strategy or policies within LTP3, the Council will consult stakeholders on the proposed changes. Any such consultation process would be listed in this schedule, with details published on the Consultation Pages of Hantsweb. / Keith Willcox
Head of Strategic Transport

0845 6035633 (Hantsdirect)
September 2012 and March 2013 / Transport Capital Programme – delivers a co-ordinated programme of capital schemes (identified in the Local Transport Plan LTP3) and manages receipts and allocationsof developer contributions. The programme is managed in-house but scheme feasibility, designimplementation may be delivered either in-house or through contracts such as the Improvement and Efficiency South East (IESE) contract or the Framework Contract managed by Engineering Consultancy / Ideas are particularly welcome in October each year in order to inform the annual review and budget-setting process.
There will also be consultations on individual schemes as they come forward details of which will be published on the Consultation Pages of the Hantsweb. / Helen Carter
Capital Programme & Funding Manager

0845 6035633 (Hantsdirect)
On going / Major Transport Schemes
This work involves developing and implementing multi-million pound transport schemes to facilitate growth and unblock congestion. Recent examples include the Bus Rapid Transit scheme between Fareham and Gosport and access to motorways. / Ideas are particularly welcome in October each year in order to inform the annual review and budget-setting process.
Information about individual schemes are set out in committee reports, which can be viewed on Hantsweb see / Keith Willcox
Head of Strategic Transport

0845 6035633 (Hantsdirect)
On going / Highways Development Planning Service an in- house development planning service to maximise developer contributions receipts and deliver development related projects such as travel planning / TRICS (Trip Rate Information Computer System)and advising on which transport schemes are best funded by the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) or other mechanisms such as S106 developer contributions or S278 agreements. / Ideas are particularly welcome in October each yearin order to inform the annual review and budget-setting process. / Dominic McGrath
Strategic Transport Manager

0845 6035633 (Hantsdirect)
Ongoing / Highways Maintenance – delivery of Operation Resilience. A programme to maintain overall network condition and build in structural resilience to provide long-term durability, including winter-related degradation. / Ideas are particularly welcome in October each year in order to inform the annual review and budget-setting process. A consultation is open until the end of January 2013, at engagement opportunities, including the timescales for submitting expressions of interest, ideas and comments (including bids under the Community Right to Challenge) are set out separately in this table, / Peter Rooney
Project Engineer

mailto:0845 6035633 (Hantsdirect)
Ongoing / Highways Maintenance – reactive maintenance. Meeting day-to-day statutory requirements to keep the highway safe and serviceable and, where appropriate developing routine maintenance activities and processes to deliver more ‘localised services’. / Ideas are particularly welcome in October each year in order to inform the annual review and budget-setting process. A consultation is open until the end of January 2013, at
Specific engagement opportunities, including the timescales for submitting expressions of interest, ideas and comments (including bids under the Community Right to Challenge) are set out separately in this table / Chris Lait
Adrian Gray (countywide)

0845 6035633 (Hantsdirect)
2013 or 2014 / Term Highways Contract- this is a 7 to10 year contract to deliver a range of planned and reactive highway maintenance works including emergency response, routine repairs, resurfacing, environmental maintenance on County Council-maintained roads and footways. The contract is currently supplied by Amey LG until at least 30th April 2015, although there are options to extend this date by up to three years subject to satisfactory performance. / Spring 2014 is the earliest time when a six-month period could be set for receiving formal expressions of interest.
(Please note that this timescale may be pushed back as two further 12 month contract extensions, to be decided in April 2014 and April 2015, may be offered under to Amey) / Phil Samms

0845 6035633
(Hantsdirect)
2012 - 2013 / Parish Lengthsman Pilots –designed to test alternative models of service delivery and provide more locally responsive services – they involve devolving part of the centrally-run highways maintenance service to local councils (or clusters of small parish councils) who, with a budget from the County Council, employ their own contractor to undertake low-level maintenance such as ditch clearing and sign cleaning.
19 parishes in the Meon Valley Test Valley are involved in these pilots. Following interest expressed by local councils at the ‘Working Together’ event in 2012 further pilots are now being arranged in the New Forest, Winchester, and Fleet TC. / Although expressions of interest at participating in potential pilots for 2013/14 have now been received and will be considered as part of the budget setting process, parishes willing to act as leads for future pilots are encouraged to contact the Council as soon as possible.
A consultation is open until the end of January 2013, at
For further general information about the parish lengthsmen schemeclick here (see appendix 4a to the Working Together Report, May 2011) / David Irving
Highways Manager

0845 6035633
(Hantsdirect)
Ongoing / Traffic Signals and associated equipment – This work is currently provided by Siemens on behalf of the County Council. It involves the maintenance of equipment in a fault-free condition; responding and rectifying faults within prescribed timescales; routine maintenance and inspections at stated intervals; and the supply and instalment of new equipment to standards and timescales required. / A one-month period will be set for receiving formal expressions of interest in advance of developing the tender strategy. (Note the earliest this will take place is 2013 but two one-year extensions are available) / Patrick Bingham
Senior Engineer
mailto:
0845 6035633 (Hantsdirect)
Ongoing / Highway Policy and Regulation– management of highway assets; management of traffic and development of the Council’s highway service. / General engagement on thisprogramme is encouraged during October each year in order to inform the annual review and budget-setting process. A consultation is open until the end of January 2013, at /
Highways Manager

0845 6035633 (Hantsdirect)
2016 – 2020 /

South East 7 Regional Highways Works Framework

For commissioning new highways infrastructure constructionworks across the county with values between £50k to £5M including complex schemes and works on bridges and other structures. HCC manages this framework on behalf of other authorities in the South East region / A three-month period for receiving formal expressions of interest in late 2014, at least one month before development of the tender strategy, expected to be January – June 2015.
Further details will be available on the procurement pages of Hantsweb. / Richard Cowling
Contract Strategy Performance Manager

01962 847513
2016 – 2020 /

South East 7 Sub-Regional highways Works Framework

For commissioning new highways infrastructure constructionworks across the county with values up to £350k including relatively straightforward works not involving bridges or other structures. HCC manages this framework on behalf of other authorities in the south east region / A three-month period for receiving formal expressions of interest in late 2014, at least one month before development of the tender strategy, expected to be January – June 2015.
Further details will be available on the procurement pages of Hantsweb. / Richard Cowling
Contract Strategy Performance Manager

01962 847513
2013 – 2017 /

IESE South East Regional Highways Professional Services Framework

For commissioning professional services in the transportation and engineering related fields. / A three-month period for receiving formal expressions of interest, is likely to be December 2012 and development of the tender strategy, expected to be February –April 2013.
Further details will be available on the procurement pages of Hantsweb. / Keith Gale
Chief Engineer Contracts

01962 847271
2016 - 2020 /

Technical Resources Framework

For procuring technical specialist resources to support project and programme delivery in the transportation and engineering related fields. / A three-month period for receiving formal expressions of interest at least one month before development of the tender strategy, expected to be January – June 2015.
Further details will be made available on the procurement pages of Hantsweb. / Keith Gale
Chief Engineer Contracts

01962 847271
2013 - 2017 /

Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Framework

For commissioning studies and site investigations along with the resulting reports and recommendationswhich is primarily used to inform construction design.
Note the existing framework will run till April 2013 with the possibility of a further extension / Development of the tender strategy is already underway to meet timescales including OJEU processes (European procurement rules).
A one month period from 7 January 2013 to 1 February 2013 prior to formal tender concluding June 2013 / Pat McKenna
Group Engineer, Geotechnics

01962 847060
On going /

Traffic Management and Road Safety Service

Delivery of the CountyTraffic Management Programme and the district Agency Traffic Management in line with the Traffic Management Agency Agreements. Provides traffic management support responding to traffic management correspondence, routing of abnormal load movements, temporary and permanent traffic regulation orders, financial monitoring and providing traffic management advice and support. / Ideas are particularly welcome during October each year in order to inform the annual review and budget-setting process
Note: Both County and Local Town and Parish Councillors are consulted,together with statutory consultees, on each individual Traffic Regulation Order as and when they comes forward. / Marc Samways
Traffic Management & Road Safety Manager

0845 6035633 (Hantsdirect)
Ongoing / School Crossing Patrol Service is delivered countywide by 280 school crossing patrol officers employed by the Council. A range of road safety support services are provided, including the road safety shop providing road safety advice and support and an element of un-programmed, reactive road safety work.
Note: the location of School Crossing Patrols are determined in line with Department for Transport criteria. / Ideas are particularly welcome during October each year in order to inform the annual review and budget-setting process. / Karen Dockree
Assistant Road Safety Manager

0845 6035633 (Hantsdirect)
On going / Education and training programme – delivery of the various road safety education, training and publicity campaigns, including specific programmes for school children.
These services are delivered by the Council’s Road Safety team, except for cycle training ‘Bike Ability’ programme, which is delivered by contractors as part of a 3 year contract on behalf of the County Council / Ideas are particularly welcome during October each year in order to inform the development of future programmes.