Portsmouth Highways Management PFI Contract
Contracting
Portsmouth
Overview
An innovative and sustainable approach to highway maintenance. A contract delivered to Portsmouth City Council in partnership with Ensign Highways Limited.
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Daily maintenance and full management of the highways network
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Routine and winter maintenance and emergencies
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Street lighting and illuminated street furniture services
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Street cleansing on a daily cycle, surface drainage maintenance
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Maintenance and management of structures
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Licences management and co-ordination with utilities
1,330,000
square meters of roads resurfaced
9,700
lamp columns replaced
Contract in detail
- Highways - monthly inspections are carried out resulting in over 100,000 defects including potholes, paving slabs and trip hazards being repaired to date.
Street lighting - ongoing maintenance includes structural testing, lamp replacement and the introduction of new LED’s - making savings for the city. - Street Cleansing - roads are cleaned on a daily cycle, with over 8,000 routes swept and cleaned each week.
- Gullies - there are in excess of 21,000 gullies/drains which are cleaned over a 2-year programme, as well as ad hoc blockages attendances.
- Customer complaints - the number of customer complaints have reduced significantly. Portsmouth ranked in the top 3 for services in the National Highway & Transport (NHT) Survey for 5 consecutive years.
- Recycling - the PFI contract contributes to the reuse and recycling of materials from works. Over 95% of the materials are recycled.
- www.colasportsmouth.co.uk - new website, allows residents to see where works are taking place, to report incidents and apply for licences.
- Work carried out in the first 5 years - 1,330,000m2 of roads resurfaced, 9,700 lamp columns replaced, works on 49 Structures carried out.
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