This is an FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information you have pertaining to temporary traffic lights within your local authority.

1. Please send some example (i) schedules of rates and (ii) frameworks that include traffic management / temporary traffic light products / services
Temporary traffic management is provided by Wokingham Borough’s MCC contractor. The contract has adopted the HMEP price list to price all its activities - series 150 of the schedule of rates covers traffic management activities. An example is attached as an Excel file.
a) How long are these frameworks set for?
The contract is for 7 years extendable by 3 years, starting April 2019.
b) How frequently are schedules of rates for these products / services updated?
The schedule of rates is adjusted annually.

2. What are the criteria that councils use to evaluate traffic management providers against their frameworks? (e.g. quality – what comprises this? Environmental / H&S considerations?)
All traffic management for its own activities is provided and managed by the MCC contractor.

3. Which KPIs does the council use to keep track of these objectives? (e.g. how is quality / price measured and compared)
No KPIs within the contract are set to monitor these activities.

4. Within your organisation, what are the job titles with responsibility for:
a) Design and specification of traffic management systems
b) Procurement of traffic management systems / services
c) Evaluation of traffic management provider performance
All traffic management for its own activities is provided and managed by the MCC contractor.

5. What proportion of roads are classified as traffic sensitive? Split by road type (A, B, C, etc.) if available.
Following a review in 21/22, 11% of the road network in Wokingham can be classified as Traffic Sensitive under certain parameters, ranging from event days to every day.
Prior to this review, 9.1% of the network was classified as Traffic Sensitive.

6. For each of two-/three-/four-way temporary traffic lights, how many are installed in a year?
The responses below are based on the number of permits received that occurred during the time period that stated 2-way or multi-way signals, and does not account for multiple visits on the same permit.
a) 2019-20: 695
b) 2020-21: 1017
c) 2021-22: 1020

7. What percentage of installed two-/three-/four-way temporary traffic lights use automated traffic detection systems for improving traffic flow (e.g. SRL’s Adaptive Detection System (ADS) / Pike’s AutoGreen)?
a) 2019-20
b) 2020-21
c) 2021-22
Wokingham Borough Highways does not hold this information.

8. What percentage of installed two-/three-/four-way temporary traffic lights use UTMC?
a) 2019-20
b) 2020-21
c) 2021-22
Wokingham Borough Highways does not hold this information.