Highways Customer Charter
We will:
Work with other agencies, services, partners and customers to ensure, where possible, we minimise disruption and congestion
Let you know 10 days before road works in your street start
Alway show our identification when visiting you or when asked for it
Check and update our website on a regular basis
We will work with partner agencies, (e.g. utility companies) to ensure our Considerate Contractor Scheme is followed.
Our aim is to:
Have 99% of all street lights in working order
Repair 92% of emergency pot hole damage to roads and pavements in 24 hours
Have 90% of footpaths and rights of way in a condition that customers can use
Deliver safe and sustainable high quality highways and streetscene
To develop a programme of customer care improvements by December 2008.
Please note: Where a time frame is specified this is working hours/days.
Parking Services Customer Charter
We will:
Ensure that 97% of faults to our Pay on Foot machines located in car parks are repaired within 1 hour of being reported
Investigate and take appropriate action if parked vehicles are in breach of parking regulations
Investigate and take appropriate action against the misuse of parking permits and disabled persons badges
Work in partnership with agencies and other council departments to provide improved and effective service to our customers.
Our aim is to:
Remove 80% of vehicles identified as abandoned within 24 hours
Ensure that 98% of faults to Pay and Display ticket machines located on street and in car parks are repaired within 1 hour of being reported
To continually review and improve our service to our customers, enabling us to retain quality assurance standard ISO9001:2000
Achieve 70% payment of all Penalty Charge Notices issued
Investigate 90% of new reports of abandoned vehicles within 24 hours of notification.
Please note: Where a time frame is specified this is working hours/days.
Last updated: 22 May 2008

