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Hampshire County Council

Executive Member - Environment

15 January 2002

Project Appraisal - Installation of New Traffic
Monitoring Equipment throughout Hampshire

Report of the County Surveyor

Item 19

Contact: Jon Foley, ext 7559

1. Summary

1.1 The following decision is sought:

That the Project Appraisal for the installation of new traffic monitoring equipment throughout Hampshire be approved.

2. Reason

2.1 To enable a more comprehensive permanent monitoring regime to be put in place for the county, and so improve future monitoring required for the Local Transport Plan. The use of remote monitoring units will greatly reduce time required in retrieving this information.

3. Other Options Considered and Rejected

3.1 No other suitable alternative.

4. Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Decision Maker or a Member or Officer Consulted - Not applicable.

5. Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee - Not applicable.

6. Reason(s) for the Matter being dealt with if Urgent - Not applicable.

Approved by: Date:

Councillor K B Estlin

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

EXECUTIVE MEMBER - ENVIRONMENT

ROADS

PROJECT APPRAISAL

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15 JANUARY 2002

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PROJECT:

INSTALLATION OF PERMANENT TRAFFIC COUNT EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT HAMPSHIRE

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COMMENCEMENT DATE:	FEBRUARY 2002
COMPLETION DATE:	MARCH 2002

PLANNED YEAR OF START IN ACCORDANCE WITH CAPITAL PROGRAMME: 2001/02

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1.	FINANCE (Client Department, Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services [Estates Practice] and County Treasurer)

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		Current	Capital
		Estimate	Programme
		(at 2001	(at 2001
		prices)	prices)
Capital Expenditure		£'000	£'000



Equipment		200	200

		200	200
Less developers/
other contributions

		200	200


Financial provision for total scheme			Total Cost

1.	From Committees own resources

	(a) Capital programme (as above)		200
	(b) Other

			200
2.	From other resources

	(a)
	(b)
	(c)

		TOTAL	200

Value of land for this project in HCC ownership £

Variations from capital programme

Revenue implications		£'000	% variation
			to Committee's
			budget
Net current expenditure		10	0.023
Capital charges		32	0.053

TOTAL net expenditure		42	0.076

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2.	STATEMENT OF NEED/JUSTIFICATION FOR PROJECT (Client Department)

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Investment in new traffic monitoring equipment will allow more comprehensive permanent monitoring regimes to be put in place for the Area Transport Strategies, and so improve future monitoring required for the Local Transport Plan (LTP). The incorporation of remote monitoring units into new and existing sites will greatly reduce time required in retrieving the information, which in future can be carried out by telephone and avoid travelling to the sites. This will enable the more effective and efficient use of existing staff time.

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3.	ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROPOSAL (Client Department)

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	National/County network and policies The Government requires the County Council to produce an Annual Progress Report on its LTP. The information collected from the monitoring sites is key to understanding traffic trends.
	Details of scheme and design standards In summary the project requires the supply and installation of permanent traffic monitoring equipment at approximately 110 sites throughout Hampshire. This includes upgrading the equipment at approximately 70 existing locations with the remainder being new sites. All installations are to make use of telemetry technology to enable the remote collection of data from a base in Winchester. This will also require the supply and installation of GSM telemetry computer software for the collection and storage of data.
	Environmental impact None.
	Land requirements Not applicable.
	Statutory procedures None.

	Public consultation Not applicable.
	Facilities for the disabled Not applicable.
	Maintenance implications There will be no change in the revenue budget required as a result of this investment. While there will be a revenue implication associated with implementation of additional sites (estimated to be an additional £10,000 per annum), the savings associated with converting the existing sites to remote collection will balance this expenditure. Additionally, the project will enable the more efficient use of staff time currently employed in the manual collection of data. Finally, any remedial works will be funded from within the existing revenue budget.
	Local Member's View Not appropriate for this county-wide project.
	Crime and Disorder Act 1998 No areas of concern have been identified.
	Sustainability Not applicable.

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4.	ROAD IMPROVEMENT - ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED (Client Department)

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Not applicable.

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