Applying for road closure

[Steevo]

Has anyone on here ever applied for a road closure?

I have some major tree pruning to do along both sides of a long length of road. For safety I’m thinking it might need a road closure.

Has anyone ever done this before?

Looking into it, it seems highways require 3 months notice of the start date (plus £1250 fee and I pay for all road closed/diversion signs etc). Being specific about dates is easier said than done given it will take place between harvest and planting, and we all know what weather patterns are like at that time of year.

Any info or tips would be handy.

 

[OGB]

builder friend of ours wanted to close a road to install services to a new build property, so many hoops he had to jump through.... in the end did it with lights... seem to recall they (highways/council) wanted a fair bit of brass also. Cant remember the figure though

 

[Tarw Coch]

A builder friend of mine just cracked on and installed services, entrance and road side footpath required by planning without getting the necesssary paperwork in place, the council caught up with him and fined him £5000 which he was very happy with as that was far cheaper than doing it by the book with the added bonus that he’d got it done in the autumn before the weather broke so not only easier working in decent weather but he was also able to crack on with the rest of the site.

 

[Werzle]

Has anyone on here ever applied for a road closure?

I have some major tree pruning to do along both sides of a long length of road. For safety I’m thinking it might need a road closure.

Has anyone ever done this before?

Looking into it, it seems highways require 3 months notice of the start date (plus £1250 fee and I pay for all road closed/diversion signs etc). Being specific about dates is easier said than done given it will take place between harvest and planting, and we all know what weather patterns are like at that time of year.

Any info or tips would be handy.

Get a few people in hi vis coats directing traffic early on a sunday and crack on. Perfect time now with semi lockdown

 

[robs1]

We wanted to replace a gateway and lower the pipe to improve water flows, council said I had to have a licence, approved contractors etc etc, I said bugger that just parked a tractor on the road to keep cars away complete with work signs and did the job on xmas eve which happened to be a saturday a few years ago, never heard a word this year we had the road closed outside the farm for a week while the council resurfaced it, we cut a lot of over hanging limbs off, we had been putting it off for several years so were lucky

 

[Ramrod]

Years ago needed to close road quickly, tried council highways etc. - no good at all.

Was told only Highways, Police and Internal Drainage Board can close road, IDB closed it next day.

 

[DieselRob]

Does it actually require the road to be closed or would it just make it easier to work? You see a lot of tree surgeons working with rolling traffic management, would that be a less hassle approach if you’re just pruning off 1 side at a time

 

[Steevo]

Does it actually require the road to be closed or would it just make it easier to work? You see a lot of tree surgeons working with rolling traffic management, would that be a less hassle approach if you’re just pruning off 1 side at a time

Singe track but fairly busy lane with ditches either side so cannot cone off one carriageway at a time as such.

Can’t risk having branches falling on vehicles passing below so road closure seems like the only logical option.

 

[Robt]

Get a few people in hi vis coats directing traffic early on a sunday and crack on. Perfect time now with semi lockdown

dont forget the ''welfare hut'' the ''fat lad holding the sign asleep''
Depends on how busy the road was in regards to risk of accident! Could you imagine the ''big'' friends you might make if someone were to crash on your temp roadworks!

 

[cowmop]

Can't you park something big at each end to block traffic and just say "Cows are out" early one Sunday morning?
Shurly if you get everything set up ready it can't take too long?

 

[Highland Mule]

Buy two old cars, insure them TPFT and then drive them into a wall/ post and incapacitate them (this can be done in advance).

Make sure they are "parked" across the road, blocking it - one at each end.

Call your mate in the next county with a recovery truck to remove them, when he's free (he's a busy chap).

You have a couple of hours....

 

[Henarar]

Just get on and do it, we have dropped trees across the road plenty of times, as long as there is a couple people to stop the traffic while its cut down they have no choice but to wait till you clear ot up

 

[Wombat]

Is there not a local AD plant that can tip a trailer over for you and block it that way?

 

[Andrew]

Park a silage trailer under the branch. Cut it down into it, then take away and cut up elsewhere?

 

[Yale]

Park a silage trailer under the branch. Cut it down into it, then take away and cut up elsewhere?

Even easier tip trailer up to desired height and attain a speed of around 40kmh,branch sorted.

 

[Scholsey]

hire a rubber duck with a tree shear and do it as you drive past each time, couple of hundreds laps and job done.

 

[Bongodog]

In my local area overhanging branches are the worst i can ever remember, is it any wonder with the hassle and expense that falls on landowners ?
Most get pruned by 3 high hestons on their way to Sutton.

 

[roscoe erf]

Has anyone on here ever applied for a road closure?

I have some major tree pruning to do along both sides of a long length of road. For safety I’m thinking it might need a road closure.

Has anyone ever done this before?

Looking into it, it seems highways require 3 months notice of the start date (plus £1250 fee and I pay for all road closed/diversion signs etc). Being specific about dates is easier said than done given it will take place between harvest and planting, and we all know what weather patterns are like at that time of year.

Any info or tips would be handy.

traffic lights or men with boards stop traffic when cutting dodgy bit then let them carry on when not

 

[Boomerang]

dont forget the ''welfare hut'' the ''fat lad holding the sign asleep''
Depends on how busy the road was in regards to risk of accident! Could you imagine the ''big'' friends you might make if someone were to crash on your temp roadworks!

came across road works last week "fat lad" and his mate at the other end had stop go boards and two way radios ,but somehow managed to both go green at the same time, two vehicles from each end met head on , fun and games then ensued as to who could get out of who's way. Who was willing and who was the better driver game was fun to watch .

 

[Steevo]

Some great ideas in this thread so far....!