Law on roadworks during early sunday morning clarification

chrcoluk

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Hi guys, if anyone here has some knowledge of law in this area it would be appreciated.

So my council without any prior notification started some roadworks right in front of my house at just after 7am today (Sunday). They are using drills and other noisy equipment, I can see they are laying new tarmac and one network roadworks website says it is resurfacing as well. One network however states its a different road getting the roadworks, the side street down the road.

So I googled and got some hits from various councils (not my own) that they only allow roadworks at these hours in residential areas if they are deemed an emergency and also restrictions on equipment that can be used, not planned works like resurfacing, they state their reasons as to comply with the department of transport guidelines. My own council website seems to have nothing of this nature I can find, so they seem to have an approach of prioritising impact on road users over residents (is a main road that is very busy on working days).

I queried with the police, and surprisingly not only did they give me an opinion that they think its wrong they actually sent out a couple of officers who tried to make them pack up and leave, However they refused, and rang up someone at the council, the police also spoke to this person, I asked the police to ask the guy for the phone number so I can speak to him as the council website has no contact number where a human will answer the phone on a sunday, the police did ask but the guy refused.

I have been given a reference number and the police told me to give that to the council when I can manage to get in touch with them.

The question is though do I have any leg to stand on, or did I just get lucky with the police response?
 
I used to work for a Council Works services dept. They're a Monday - Friday office hours operation. It's a Sunday, highways won't be contactable other than for emergency response. This is inconvenient to you, but it isn't an emergency.

Did the police get the work to stop having spoke to the Council? OP isn't that clear on that.

Option B - get on to your local councillor. They are contactable.
 
I`d Keep an eye on your letter box if i was you.

Imagine the inconvenience of 1 noisy day.
 
MagicBoy said:
I used to work for a Council Works services dept. They're a Monday - Friday office hours operation. It's a Sunday, highways won't be contactable other than for emergency response. This is inconvenient to you, but it isn't an emergency.

Did the police get the work to stop having spoke to the Council? OP isn't that clear on that.

Option B - get on to your local councillor. They are contactable.
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They carried on, the police were not happy, and heavily encouraged me to follow through with the council.

Thank you for advice.
 
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It's a main road. If it was Monday morning would you have posted "grumble grumble late for work damn council" first world problem.

Be happy you have new tarmac and no potholes.
 
5punk3monk3y said:
It's a main road. If it was Monday morning would you have posted "grumble grumble late for work damn council" first world problem.

Be happy you have new tarmac and no potholes.
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I know this argument, but its not even comparable.

If you take a diversion to work, you inconvenienced for what? maybe 15-30 mins? vs several hours if you a resident, the two are not even comparable.

Please respect I asked for advice regarding the law not an opinion on whether I should accept heavy noise pollution on a rest day from those who may not even live on a main road so dont have these problems.

To answer your question no I wouldnt moan about taking a minor diversion, there is plenty of alternate routes. I also dont care about pot holes, first world problems?
 
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The sort of thing where they're damned if they do, damned if they don't - they'll always upset someone.

Weekday morning/afternoon and commuters will kick off about traffic chaos, weekday daytime and home workers will complain they can't work, overnights and people will moan they can't sleep, weekends and people complain about interrupting their time off work etc. etc.

Or just don't bother at all and someone else will moan about roads never being maintained.
 
chrcoluk said:
Is a day of extreme noise on a rest day supposed to be acceptable or something then? sorry I missed the memo.
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A rest day for you maybe, but not for many other people who don't work 9-5 Monday to Friday (including, I assume, these workers).

Get a grip, what a waste of Police time.
 
Man, what is up with OCUK members? Have we reached another plateau of Colin and Karen's?
 
Phoned the Police !

I hope you started a FaceTwitter outrage support group as well.

These vile criminals need to be dealt with.
 
General guidelines as I remember it for noisy street works is that it's permitted between :
Mon-Sat 0730-2300
Sunday 0930-2300

So 7am ish is a bit off for a Sunday morning.
 
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