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Originally Posted by horseman
Well we'll see as target date I've been given is 28thNov so protracted bureaucracy of city administrators must almost be equivalent if not greater than VM's own! 
I'm expecting a token charge around £10 or so but how informative/presentable the actual data is let alone "usefull" remains to be seen….
I'll hopefully be able to update here in a few weeks after also checking on "legalities of disseminating any info derived from the source" but suspect it'll probably amount to a "damp squid"….  |
An interim update -
B&H Highways rang me this morning to explore the scope of my information request wrt VM street works.
While still awaiting the actual detail(2-3 week delay) we now have the following stats on Streetworks notices issued by VM in B&H area:
Past 6months = 750 requests/notices
Currently Planned as of today = 27 reqs.
Bear in mind that VM are only required to submit notice where the works will affect highways surfaces/traffic flow, so for example it won't cover cable repulls/repairs using existing ducting.
B&H now also partake(and my source says have done for past 3+ months) in roadworks.org which gives current status of ongoing works which is worth subscribing to using it's alert service and is therefore in the "public domain". (Assuming anyone is remotely interested of course!
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What I found interesting is when I enquired as to "amount of notice required prior to commencement" then I got this information:
Works upto 3 days duration = min 3 days notice
4 days and more = 10days notice
Works requiring road closure = 3 months notice!
Here's one example from roadworks.org which shows 5 day period of work in Blatchington Rd BN3 Hove to repair (what I surmise to be) ducting blockage:
Whether any of this goes some way towards supporting/defending/explaining or conversely challenging the "perceived protracted delays" in VM's upgrade (Cat C majors works) of course is questionable as VM won't expand on their equipment upgrades,procurement lead times and other resource considerations anyway.