A successful first year for 4G
It has been a successful, yet challenging first year of the 4th Generation (4G) Contract for Scotland TranServ, as detailed in our Annual Report 2013/14 published today.
Following the transfer of a large number of employees under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) in April 2013, we have successfully merged staff from two major companies together into one, transferring all the necessary skills, knowledge and talent necessary to run a successful, innovative trunk road maintenance and management company.
Through the support of our parent organisations Balfour Beatty and Mouchel, and that of our client Transport Scotland we have made significant progress to manage and improve more than 630 kilometres of trunk roads network across South West Scotland.
The highlights of this first year 2013/14, as covered by this Annual Report have been:
- Investing approximately £40m on behalf of Transport Scotland to improve the quality of South West Scotland’s trunk roads network, delivering tangible benefits to Scotland’s drivers.
- Our Trunk Road Incident Support Service (TRISS) teams attended more than 9,000 incidents in the last year alone, supporting stranded motorists and making our roads safer. They attended over 98% of incidents within 20 minutes of notification.
- A maximum of 77.3% of our total raw materials consumed during 2013/14 were from a recycled or reused source (achieved May 2013).
- By replacing a number of overhead motorway gantries with new energy efficient signage, LED light boxes and retro-reflective, micro prismatic sign sheeting, we reduced their energy consumption by 70%, the equivalent annual saving of 2.5 tonnes of CO2e.
- Our cyclic grass cutting operations saw more than 25,000,000m2 of verges maintained, the equivalent of 3,500 times the size of the pitch at Hampden.
Our business operates on a 24/7 basis, supporting the public through our TRISS and Incident Response teams. We provide the reassurance to the public that the trunk roads remain snow and ice free over the winter period, through our Winter Service teams.
Russell Rennie, Scotland TranServ’s Contract Director added:
“We have as an organisation, worked extremely hard during 2013/14, to bring South West Scotland’s roads up to scratch, preparing these vital arteries for what is sure to be one of the country’s most important tourism seasons for a generation. Our investment programmes however look beyond the Commonwealth Games, Year of Homecoming and the Ryder Cup. These projects will deliver a quality, sustainable trunk roads network that will benefit drivers for decades to come, supporting the economic growth and development of the region.
“Scotland TranServ remains committed to finding innovative new practices that not only help us carry out our work more efficiently and effectively but also help to protect the natural environment and reduce our carbon footprint. Across the region we are developing new practices, reusing existing materials, reducing our impact and altogether becoming a leaner, more proactive, more sustainable organisation. We are working in collaboration with partner organisations, our Client and with our customers the motoring public.”
In the year to come Scotland TranServ will look to continue this pace of change, delivering an ever improving service to the motoring public and ensuring our trunk roads network is capable of supporting the needs of a 21st century Scotland.
