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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: steve123 on June 04, 2011, 06:24:52 pm

Title: Closing a road
Post by: steve123 on June 04, 2011, 06:24:52 pm

Anyone know the procedure for closing a road so I can clean a bridge over it?

Its a busy dual carriageway through a city centre,  Figured the best time of day would be around 4-5 am but not sure how I go about closing it.
I recon each carriageway would need closing for approx 30 mins each.

Title: Re: Closing a road
Post by: Pope vader on June 04, 2011, 06:30:41 pm

who r u doing the job for,  council?

it takes 8 weeks and you have to pay for closing the road and any extra work involved in the road being closed  ie diverson costs

Title: Re: Closing a road
Post by: Pope vader on June 04, 2011, 06:32:54 pm

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/WhereYouLive/StreetsParkingCleaningAndLighting/DG_10028508

Title: Re: Closing a road
Post by: colin purewater on June 04, 2011, 07:23:43 pm

instead of closing the road could you not just get traffic management ( traffic lights) and just close one lane at a time and do the bridge in two halfs?

i think you would get the job done sooner and the council would be happier.

thanks

colin.

Title: Re: Closing a road
Post by: g newton on June 04, 2011, 07:56:09 pm

Highways are the first stop
you can get a closure partitial or a full closure
if the bridge is rail it's a arse pain 3 months at least and a poope load of paperwork
whatever it's time consuming
a lot depends on the class of road a b etc

Title: Re: Closing a road
Post by: Wc Solutions on June 04, 2011, 07:59:06 pm

i just hope its worth the hassle mate!

Title: Re: Closing a road
Post by: steve123 on June 05, 2011, 11:03:42 am

Thanks for the advice everyone,
I will contact the highways and the client and start asking a few more questions.
The job itself is simple but its the hoops you have to jump through which make it a pita.