Peter Leslie on behalf of SATIN provided a workshop and site visit to the Demonstration Project reviewing maintenance regimes for access and active travel routes.

1. Devon Way 2014
Maintenance
Peter Leslie - Senior Engineer

2. MODULE: Devon Way –
Demonstration Project –
Maintenance
 February 2014
 Alloa – Clackmannanshire Council
 Peter Leslie
Providing training to deliver solutions
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3. Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, candidates will be able to:
1.Discuss current policy and guidance aiding the
delivery of maintenance in Scotland.
2.Review maintenance required for active travel
networks.
3.Identify issues and constraints to the delivery of
maintenance regimes.

4. Agenda for Today
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5. Questions?
Name
Job Description
Achievement in the last month
Question on Learning Point
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6. www.satinonline.org
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7. 2014 Sharing Information Days
Equestrian Access Days,
Managing Access to Paths (Access Control) - A Review of
Guidance and Implementation
Cycle Route Signage
http://www.satinonline.org/satin/training-by-satin/
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www.satinonline.org

9. www.satinonline.org
100 members
Quarterly Working Group Meeting
4 Sharing Information Days
Improved delivery of information
Training Providers (One Umbrella)
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10. Course
Providers
http://www.satinonline.org/satin/training/training.html
Living Streets
Sustrans
www.satinonline.org
SATIN
http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/living-streets-scotland
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-services/design-and-construction/advice-andsupport/professional-training-courses
Paths for All
http://www.pathsforall.org.uk/pfa/training/training-courses.html
CIRIA
http://www.ciria.org/service/Home/AM/ContentManagerNet/HomePages/CIRIA_1502_20080929T1
15140HomePage.aspx?Section=Home
iht
http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/branches/uk-branches/central--southern-scotland/index.cfm
ice
SNH Good
Practice
SOAN
Transport
Scotland
CILT
CSGN
Sustainable
network
Greenspace
EAUC
ICE
http://www.ice.org.uk/Events-conferences/Events?
page=1&topic=&grade=&region=175,&type=&from=&to=&pcode=&rad=5
http://www.snh.gov.uk/policy-and-guidance/sharing-good-practice/
http://soan.org.uk/
http://www.ciltuk.org.uk/AboutUs/Events/InstituteEvents/SectorsForumsListing/ActiveTravelandTra
velPlanning.aspx
http://www.centralscotlandgreennetwork.org/delivering/project-archive/csgn-orchards-network
http://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/sustainability-climate-change/sustainable-scotland-network
http://www.greenspacescotland.org.uk/social-return-on-investment-training.aspx
http://www.eauc.org.uk/events
http://www.ice.org.uk/Training-courses
Aston University http://www1.aston.ac.uk/
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11. Maintenance – Active Travel
and Path Networks
Workshop 1
Why is maintenance an issue for active travel
and shared use path networks?
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12. Maintenance – Active Travel
and Path Networks
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13. Maintenance – Active Travel
and Path Networks
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14. Maintenance – Active Travel
and Path Networks
Transport Scotland
£1892 million
 Total
£667 million
 Trunk Roads
£220 million
 Maintenance
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15. Maintenance – Active Travel
and Path Networks
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16. Maintenance – Active Travel
and Path Networks
No Line in the Budget
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17. Millennium Link
Capital Project - £10 million pound investment
to create towpath
Priority - Keeping Water in Canal
Responsibility - Asset Management Monthly
Review and Access Points
Understanding the Users 99.7% of the canal
network use the towpath
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18. Millennium Link
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19. Millennium Link
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20. Maintenance
Issues
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Insufficient maintenance carried out on towpath surface,
drainage, signage and access points
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Insufficient maintenance budget
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No public procedures to allow reporting of faults along
towpath
Strengths
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Existing Local Authority / Community maintenance
commitment
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Asset Management Monthly/Annual Review
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Maintenance Manager/Supervisor
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21. Why Maintenance is an Issue
Overall the list and photos could be
endless.
So is there any guidance out there?
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22. Design Manual for Active Travel
Cycling by Design
2010
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23. Design Manual for Active Travel
Cycling by Design
2010
Chapter 10
Construction and
Maintenance
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24. Aim of Regime
• To deliver statutory obligations
of the authority;
• To provide effective
management of the cycle facility;
• To safeguard the long term
future of the asset of the cycle
facility; and
• To be responsive to the needs
of users and the community.
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25. Objective of Regime
Safety
Serviceability
Sustainability
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26. Strategy
An inventory of all elements of the
cycleway;
A management system for
inspecting, reporting, recording
and prioritising actions; and
Method of financing any works.
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27. Access Path Construction
 Lowland Path
Construction
 Countryside Access
Design Guide
 Upland Path
Management
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28. Lowland Path Guides
 Planned Maintenance
 Reactive Maintenance
Create a Maintenance
Schedule
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29. Sustrans Connect 2 and Greenway
Design
Forward Looking Design
 Carry out tasks during construction
 Widen the path envelope
 Create drainage ditches / Clear existing
 Consider what
will carry out the
maintenance
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30. Overall
There are manuals out there which provide us the
how the question is what we should maintain?
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31. Workshop 2
What would you maintain?
Urban Active Travel Network
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32. Workshop 3
What would you maintain?
Shared use Path Network
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33. Cycling England – The Hub (CILT)
Issue
Surface
Activity
Notes
Frequency
Time of year
Drainage
Vegetation
Signs /
Mapboard
s
Access
barriers
Fences
Structures
including
culverts
and
retaining
walls
Seating
sculptures
etc.
Other
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34. What will be maintained?
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Surface Condition
Drainage
Verges and Overhanging
Branches
Sweeping
Signs and Markings
Lighting
Winter
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35. Who will maintain?
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36. Who will maintain?
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In house
Contractors – Annual
Not for Profit
Land Managers
Training Organisations
Volunteers
Community Groups
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http://www.pathsforall.org.uk/pfa/creating-paths/delivering-uplandpath-maintenance.html
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37. Tea / Coffee
Any Questions
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38. Maintenance - Delivery of Routes?
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39. Maintenance - Delivery of Routes
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40. Responsibility - Delivery of Routes
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41. Responsibility - Delivery of Routes
Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
South Shian - Landowner
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42. Responsibility - Delivery of Routes
Section 21 – Model Path Agreement
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43. Workshop 4
What does a landowner required?
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44. Workshop 4
What does a landowner required?
Liability
Trees
Fencing
Compensation – Loss of subsidies
Length (years) of agreement
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46. SATIN
How could SATIN help?
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47. Demonstration Project –
Shared Use Path – Devon Way
Introduction
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48. Devon Way - Information
Core Path Linking Alloa and Dollar
10km long linking 7 settlements
Alloa Railway Station, Community
Health Centre, Liveries and Primary
Schools and other amenities.
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49. Demonstration Project –
Shared Use Path – Devon Way
Why Complete a
Demonstration Project?
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50. Cycling Scotland Policy Drivers
National Outcomes
National Indicators and Targets
Cycle Action Plan for Scotland
“By 2020, 10% of all journeys taken in Scotland
will be by bike”
 Questions and Queries
 Scottish Outdoor Access Code
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51. Cycle Action Plan for Scotland
Professionals – Perth October 2008
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52. Cycle Action Plan for Scotland
 Action 2: To work with key stakeholders and the tertiary
education sector to offer accredited modules on integrating
cycling best practice within their professional spheres.
 Action 7: To complete the missing links in the National Cycle
Network in Scotland.
 Action 8: To promote the use of planning policy, access
legislation and design guidance to a wide range of
professionals; and to promote the outcomes of access
legislation in the form of leisure activities.
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53. Cycle Action Plan for Scotland
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Action 2: Making Cycling Mainstream
Up skill the workforce delivering cycle facilities in Scotland
Local Authority
University
Demonstration Project
 Visual approach
 Continuous Development
 Various Locations
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54. Partners – National Agencies
 Paths for All
 Current demonstration projects and experience of
delivering demonstration projects
 Sustrans
 Extensive knowledge of shared use routes and path
projects
 Where Next?
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55. Partners – Local Authority Delivery
 Clackmannanshire Council
 Meeting held between the parties and over the course of 6
months the project was developed and the following stages
agreed:
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Inception
Public Questionnaire
Design Report
Design
Construction
Maintenance
Training
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56. Devon Way – Demonstration Project
•Accessible
•Typical situations
•Live
•Varying provisions
•Can see relevance to
their own sites
•Financial and human
resources available
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57. Why the Devon Way?
Existing capital investment
The route is live
Requires Development
Clackmannanshire Council
have provided excellent
infrastructure to date along the
Devon Way
The site is in full ownership of
the Council
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58. Delivery of Objectives
 Objective 1 – Encourage active travel
(walking, cycling and equestrian) along the
strategic Devon Way path.
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Signing
Tourism Route – Leaflets
Active Travel Promotion – Commuting - Led rides
Council Promotion of Route
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59. Delivery of Objectives
 Objective 2 – Demonstrate and promote good
practice for shared use paths and active travel
infrastructure using real life examples.
 Shared Use Surfaces
 Crossings
 Conflict Reduction (Width/Surface)
 Access Control
 Cycle Parking
 Monitoring
 Interpretation of Path Network
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60. Inception Report – Objectives of the
Demonstration Project
 Objective 3 – Delivery of a training venue which will
assist practitioners in the judgement/assessment of
installing shared use and active travel infrastructure.
 We are here today and the ongoing training delivery
will be as follows:
 Action Plan
 Email updates
 Site Visit
 Course Delivery after Construction
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62. Devon Way – Shared Use Path – Trial Surfaces
 Existing 2.5m wide bound surface
 2.5m wide tar spray and chip with Recycled
Tyre Chips
 Toptrec – Machine Laid
 2.5m wide 150mm Subbase and Whin
 2.5m wide bound surface and 2.5m subbase/whin equestrian path
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63. Devon Way – Shared Use Path – Trial Surfaces
 Existing 2.5m wide
bound surface
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64. Devon Way – Shared Use Path – Trial Surfaces
 Tar spray and chip with Recycled Tyre Chips
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65. Devon Way – Shared Use Path – Trial Surfaces
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66. Devon Way – Shared Use Path – Trial Surfaces
 WRAP – Executive
Summary
 Discussion with Suppliers
– Will pay for you to use
them.
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67. Devon Way – Shared Use Path – Trial Surfaces
Toptrec – Machine Laid
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68. Devon Way – Shared Use Path – Trial Surfaces
 150mm Subbase and
Whin
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69. Devon Way – Shared Use Path – Trial Surfaces
 2.5m wide bound surface
and 2.5m sub-base/whin
equestrian path
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70. Cycling England – The Hub (CILT)
Issue
Surface
Activity
Notes
Frequency
Time of year
Drainage
Vegetation
Signs /
Mapboard
s
Access
barriers
Fences
Structures
including
culverts
and
retaining
walls
Seating
sculptures
etc.
Other
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71. Site Visit
Questions to be answered
Which surface requires the most
maintenance?
Maintenance needs/issues identified?
Did the design future proof?
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72. Are there any questions
from this mornings
workshops?
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73. Site Visit this Afternoon
Complete Questions
Question and Answers
 Feedback Form
 Other Demo Site Ideas?
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74. THANK YOU
Peter Leslie
0141 229 5352
peterleslie@cyclingscotland.org