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Part 9 Bibliography

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BS 5400-2:2006.  Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Specification of loads
Published by BSi.
Further information available from the BSi website
BS5489-1:2003 - Code of practice for the design of road lighting. Lighting of roads and public amenity areas.
BS5489-2:2003 - Code of practice for the design of road lighting. Lighting of tunnels.
Published by BSi.
Further information available from the BSi website
BS594-1:2005 - Hot rolled asphalt for roads and other paved areas. Part 1 Specification for constituent materials and hot rolled asphalt mixtures.
Published by BSi.
BS594-2:2003  Hot rolled asphalt for roads and other paved areas – specification for transport, laying and compaction of hot rolled asphalt.
Published by BSi.
BS4987 – 1:2005 Coated macadam (asphalt concrete) for roads and other paved areas – specification for constituent materials and mixtures – includes amd 16020 Oct 05.
Published by BSi.
BS4087 Pt2 Coated macadam (asphalt concrete) for roads and other paved areas – specification for transport, laying and compaction – includes amd 15606 Nov 05.
Published by BSi.
Further information available from the BSi website
BS5906:2005 - Code of practice for storage and on-site treatment of solid waste from buildings.
Published by BSi.
Further information available from the BSi website
BSEN 1340:2003 Concrete kerb units - requirements and test methods.
Published by BSi.
Further information available from the BSi website
BS7671:2001 incorporating Amendments 1 & 2, 2004 (The IEE Wiring Regulations).
Published by the IEE.
Further information available from the IEE website
The Building Regulations 2006: Approved document B - Fire Safety Volume 1: Dwellinghouses.
Published by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Copies available from the Planning Portal website.
The Building Regulations 2000: Approved document M - Access to and use of buildings (2004 edition).
Published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Copies available from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister website
The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994. SI 1994 No. 3140.
Published by HMSO.
Viewable on the HMSO legislation website
Control of Developments Affecting Trunk Roads Under S278 of the Highways Act 1980
Published by the Highways Agency
Further information available from the Highways Agency website
Cycle Best Practice Guide.
Published by Leicestershire County Council.
For further information contact, Scheme Development & Project Management B Group, Integrated Transport Schemes, Department of Highways, Transportation & Waste Management, Leicestershire County Council. Email: tpi@leics.gov.uk Tel. 0800 62 62 03
Design Manual for Roads and Bridges.
Published by the Highways Agency (1994 with quarterly amendements & additions).
The following parts of the publication are specifically referred to or are likely to be particularly relevant to highway works not explicitly covered by this design guidance:
Volume 1 Highway Structures: Approval Procedures & General Design
Section 1 Approval Procedures
BD 2/05 Technical Approval of Highway Structures
Volume 2  Highway Structures: Design (Substructures and Special Structures) Materials
Section 2  Special Structures
Part 8 TD 19/85  Safety Fences and Barriers
[Incorporating Amendment No.1 dated November 1986]
Volume 3  Highway Structures: Inspection and Maintenance
Section 2  Maintenance
Part 1 BD 62/94  As Built, Operational and Maintenance Records for
Highway Structures
[Incorporating Amendment No.1 to Appendix D dated February 2003]
Volume 4  Geotechnics and Drainage
Section 1  Earthworks
Part 5 HA 70/94  Construction of Highway Earthworks
Part 7 HA 73/95  Site Investigation for Highway Works on Contaminated Land
Section 2  Drainage
Part 1 HA 103/01  Vegetative Treatment Systems for Highway Runoff
Part 3 HD 33/96  Surface and Sub-surface Drainage& Systems for Highways

Volume 5  Assessment and Preparation of Road Schemes
Section 2  Preparation and Implementation
Part 2 HD 19/03  Road Safety Audits
Part 4 TA 91/05 Provision for Non-Motorised Users (new advice note)
Part 5 HD 42/05 Non-Motorised User Audits (new Standard)

Volume 6  Road Geometry
Section 1  Links
Part 1 TD 9/93  Highway Link Design [Incorporating Amendment
No.1 dated February 2002]
Part 2 TD 27/05  Cross-Sections and Headrooms
Part 3 TA 85/01  Guidance on Minor Improvements to Existing Roads
Section 2  Junctions
Part 3 TD 16/93  Geometric Design of Roundabouts
Part 3 TA 78/97  Design of Road Markings at Roundabouts
Part 3 TD 50/04  The Geometric Layout of Signal-Controlled
Junctions and Signalised Roundabouts
Part 6 TD 42/95  Geometric Design of Major/Minor Priority Junctions
Part 7 TD 41/95  Vehicular Access to All Purpose Trunk Roads
Section 3  Highway Features
Part 1 TD 36/93  Subways for Pedestrians and Pedal Cyclists. Layout and Dimensions.
Part 3 TA 57/87  Roadside Features
[Chapter 2 is superseded by TA 69/96]
Part 4 TA 81/99  Coloured Surfacing in Road Layout
(Excluding Traffic Calming)
Part 5 TA 90/05 Geometric Design of Pedestrian, Cycle & Equestrian Routes
(New Advice Note)

Volume 7  Pavement Design and Maintenance
Section 2  Pavement Design and Construction
Part 2 HD 25/94  Foundations
Part 3 HD 26/01  Pavement Design
Part 4 HD 27/04  Pavement Construction Methods
Part 5 HD 39/01  Footway Design
Section 5  Surfacing and Surfacing Materials
Part 1 HD 36/99  Surfacing Materials for New and Maintenance Construction
[Incorporating Amendment No.1dated August 2001]
Part 2 HD 37/99  Bituminous Surfacing Materials and Techniques
[Incorporating Amendment No.1 dated May 1999]

Volume 8  Traffic Signs and Lighting
Section 5  Pedestrian Crossings
Part 1 TA 68/96  The Assessment and Design of Pedestrian Crossings

Volume 10  Environmental Design and Management
Section 4  Nature Conservation
Part 1 HA 84/01  Nature Conservation and Biodiversity
[Supersedes HA59/92 (Nature Conservation section only)]
Section 5  Environmental Barriers
Part 1 HA 65/94  Design Guide for Environmental Barriers
Part 2 HA 66/95  Environmental Barriers Technical Requirements
Downloadable from the Highways Agency website
Guidance on the Use of Tactile Paving Surfaces.
Published by the Department for Transport.
Downloadable from the DfT website
Guidance on Transport Assessments: Published by the Department for Communities and Local Government and Department for Transport, it complements PPG13. Its aim is to help stakeholders to decide whether a transport assessment is required and, if so, what its level and scope should be. Downloadable from the DfT website
Highway Construction Details authored by the Highways Agency and published as Volume 3 of Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works by The Stationery Office. ISBN 0115523677 (consolidated edition to May 2000 with periodic amendments). Copies available through The Stationery Office website
The Highways Act 1980.
Published by HMSO. ISBN 0105466808.
Copies available through The Stationery Office website
Land Drainage Act 1991.
Published by HMSO. ISBN 0105459917.
Viewable on the HMSO legislation we
Leicestershire Highways - Our Commitment to You.
Published by Leicestershire County Council (2004)
Downloadable from the Leicestershire County Council website
Local Transport Plan (LTP).
Published by Leicestershire County Council.
For further information available from the Leicestershire County Council website
Manual for Streets: Published by the Government, it replaces Design Bulletin 32 and ‘Places Streets and Movement’. It focuses on lightly-trafficked residential streets and putting well-designed streets at the heart of sustainable communities. Amongst other things, it updates the link between planning policy and street design; includes revised design guidance; and places strong emphasis on a coordinated design approach. Downloadable from the DfT website
Specification for Highway Works for New Developments.
Published by Leicestershire County Council.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, all highway works shall be in accordance with the Specification for Highway Works Volume 1 of the Highway's Agency Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works, current at the time of completion of the s38, s278 or similar Agreement. Some of the clauses and appendices included in the Leicestershire County Council Specification contain additions and amendments to the Highway's Agency Specification. Where such clauses and appendices depart from the latter, these departures shall apply.
Please see companion documents, listed on Htd's contents page
Specification for Highway Works authored by the Highways Agency and published as Volume 1 of Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works by The Stationery Office. ISBN 0115523650 (consolidated edition to August 1998 with periodic amendments). Downloadable from the Highways Agency website
Notes for Guidance on the Specification for Highway Works authored by the Highways Agency and published as Volume 2 of the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works by The Stationery Office. ISBN 0115523669 (consolidated edition to August 1998 with periodic amendments). Downloadable from the Highways Agency website
Sewers for Adoption (5th edition) (2001).
Published by WRc. ISBN 1898920435.
Copies available through the WRc website
Standard Conditions Applying to Construction.
Published by Leicestershire County Council.
Please see companion documents, listed on Htd's contents page
Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Published by HMSO. ISBN 0105408905.
Viewable on the HMSO legislation website
Traffic Advisory Leaflets. Published by the Department for Transport. Copies available from the Department for Transport website
Traffic Advisory Leaflet 05/95 - Parking for disabled people.
Published by the Department for Transport.
Copies available from the Department for Transport website
Traffic Advisory Leaflet 05/02 - Key elements of cycle parking provision.
Published by the Department for Transport.
Copies available from the Department for Transport website
Traffic Signs Manual.
Published by the Department for Transport as separate chapters:
   Chapter 3. Regulatory Signs. (June 1987). ISBN 0115524118.
   Chapter 4. Warning Signs. (June 2004). ISBN 0115524118.
   Chapter 5. Road Markings. (November 2003). ISBN 0115524797.
   Chapter 7. The Design of Traffic Signs. (December 2003).
   ISBN 0115524800.
   Chapter 8. Traffic Safety Measures and Signs for Road Works and
   Temporary Situations. (May 1991). ISBN 0115509372.
Copies available through Department for Transport website, see below:
The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD). SI 2002 No.3113. Published by HMSO. ISBN 0110429427. Viewable on the HMSO legislation website
The Transport Act 2000.
Published by HMSO. ISBN 0105438006.
Viewable on the HMSO legislation website
TRL Report 377 - Traffic calming. Sinusoidal, H and S humps.
(Webster, D.C. & Layfield, R.E. (1998)). Published by TRL Limited.
Copies available through the TRL website
TRL Report 417 - Traffic calming: Passenger and rider discomfort at sinusoidal, round-top and flat-top humps - a track trial at TRL. (Sayer, I.A., Nicholls, D.A. and Layfield, R.E. (1999)). Published by TRL Limited. Copies available through the TRL website
The Water Industry Act 1991. Published by HMSO. ISBN 0105456918. Viewable on the HMSO legislation website
The Zebra, Pelican & Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations & General Directions SI 1997 No.2400, as amended by The Pelican & Puffin Pedestrian Crossings General (Amendment) Direction SI 1998 No.901. Published by HMSO.
Viewable on the HMSO legislation website -
SI 1997 No.2400 - No longer available at HMSO website.

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