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

Southampton City Council, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY - email gateway@southampton.gov.uk - tel 023 8022 3855 - minicom 023 8083 2798