Sheffield Roads Nearly As Bad As In 2011

[hsb98c]

22 minutes ago, carosio said:

Thanks for that, I would expect that Amey would be required to renew/repair to the same standards.

Amey get notified of a fix needed by the public, Amey reviews the hole, Amey Fixes the hole and then Amey confirms that the work is up to spec as the council cut staff in the department that would check.

 

They also have the power/authority to respond to the public about the repairs.

 

So Amey can confirm that Amey is doing a great job and Amey approved this message....

Edited April 19 by hsb98c

[hackey lad]

1 hour ago, hsb98c said:

Amey get notified of a fix needed by the public, Amey reviews the hole, Amey Fixes the hole and then Amey confirms that the work is up to spec as the council cut staff in the department that would check.

 

They also have the power/authority to respond to the public about the repairs.

 

So Amey can confirm that Amey is doing a great job and Amey approved this message....

Ker ching .

[Planner1]

8 hours ago, carosio said:

Thanks for that, I would expect that Amey would be required to renew/repair to the same standards.

The specification for the Amey contract is huge. 
 

It sets out the standards required and includes some pretty severe penalties for non performance against the criteria.

[Planner1]

8 hours ago, hsb98c said:

Amey get notified of a fix needed by the public, Amey reviews the hole, Amey Fixes the hole and then Amey confirms that the work is up to spec as the council cut staff in the department that would check.

 

They also have the power/authority to respond to the public about the repairs.

 

So Amey can confirm that Amey is doing a great job and Amey approved this message....

The contract is set out as a partnership, where the partners are transparent and open with each other. 
 

The problem with it is that from a few months after signing the contract, the councillors were wanting to make huge multi million pound “savings” ( ie budget cuts) in that area of work.

 

This meant that they only actually filled a small fraction of the originally envisaged number of posts in the highways “client” team.

 

Councillors sometimes have to make extremely difficult decisions on what to cut to stay within available budgets. Whatever they decide, some people will be unhappy.

Edited April 20 by Planner1

[hsb98c]

I agree, the situation is awful.

 

But we are handing Amey Millions upon millions and the end result is that Amey gets to set the responses, self monitor and can do what they like in a lot of situations as there isn't enough oversight.

 

The same goes for utility companies. There was a lot of promise about stopping the constant trenches and rubbish backfill with strict oversight.  But nope.

 

Amey have just relayed some tarmac at the top of Jawbone.  It looks like a washboard it's so thin.  Not a chance that matches the standard it should be, but if I raise a complaint it's Amey that goes and checks Amey's work and then Amey come back and say it's fine.

 

This is our money being handed to Amey - billions of it.