Issue - decisions
Review of Driven Carriageway Inspections during Covid-19 (2)
23/02/2022 - Review of Driven Carriageway Inspections during Covid-19 (2)
That:
i. the transition to double crewed inspections that was enabled
from 1 November 2021 (following your last meeting/discussion on
this matter) continues, including consultation / engagement with
Highway Officers via local management teams
ii. as part of the above consultation / engagement, where specific
circumstances might preclude double crewed inspections (such as
personal / underlying health conditions) and Highway Officers are
in agreement, that single crewed inspections are retained in those
circumstances but reviewed bi-monthly by the Highway Officer
concerned and their line manager
iii. where double crewed inspections commence, the Health &
Safety / Fleet / Public Health guidance contained in this report
regarding mitigation and control measures is followed as rigorously
as possible / as activities permit and that this is done in
conjunction with any task-specific and Covid-related risk
assessments
iv. provision remains in place to revert to single-crewed
inspections on a wider scale if there is either a large-scale Covid
outbreak amongst the workforce and/or Government guidance
changes
v. the transition back to double-crewed inspections is fully
concluded by the end of March 2022 unless circumstances [such as
(iv)] dictate otherwise
vi. ongoing monitoring of the situation continues over the coming
months and a final report is submitted to your meeting of 29 April
2022 (unless deemed necessary to be reported sooner) in order to
bring this matter to a conclusion and return to Business as Usual.
This would ultimately be dictated by factors such as the
anticipated lifting of all restrictions and overall infection
rates.
05/11/2021 - Review of Driven Carriageway Inspections during Covid-19 (2)
That:
i.a transition to double crewed inspections commences from 1
November 2021, including consultation/engagement with Highway
Officers via local management teams
ii.as part of that consultation/engagement, where specific
circumstances might preclude double crewed inspections - including
personal/underlying health conditions - and Highway Officers are in
agreement that single crewed inspections are retained in those
circumstances
iii.where double crewed inspections commence, the Health
29/07/2021 - Review of Driven Carriageway Inspections during Covid-19 (2)
i. The recommendations in para 9.1 (i-iii) of
the report of 18 December 2020 listed in Para 4.4 (i-iii) above
remain in place
ii. That ongoing monitoring of the situation is undertaken over the
coming months and a further review concluded in order that an
update position and recommendations can be reported to your meeting
of 22 October 2021 (unless deemed necessary to be undertaken
sooner). This would enable an informed decision to be taken at a
time where winter service duties are also required of Highway
Officers and the timing of this next review also be coincidental
with the end of British Summer time.