Transport Scotland working groups: FOI release

Information requested

Information from the following working groups: Scottish Road Research Board, Road Traffic Fatality Working Group and the Transport Scotland Pavement Working Group:

1. All of the published, internal or external, research papers that were carried out by the Scottish Road Research Board from 2011 onwards.
2. All of the recommendations and guidance issued by the Scottish Road Research Board from 2011 onwards
3. All of the published, internal or external, research papers that were carried out by the Road Traffic Fatality Working Group since 2021.
4. All of the recommendations and guidance issued by the Road Traffic Fatality Working Group since 2021
5. All of the published, internal or external, research papers that were carried out by the Transport Scotland Pavement Working Group since 2010
6. All of the recommendations and guidance issued by the Transport Scotland Pavement Working Group since 2010.

Response

To aid with my response I have retained the numbering from your request above:

1. SRRB published reports are available on the TS website: Scottish Road Research Board | Completed research projects | Transport Scotland.

2. The SRRB has issued no guidance or recommendations.

3. There has been no published internal or external research papers carried out by the Road Traffic Fatality working group.

4. There has been no recommendations and guidance issued by the Road Traffic Fatality working group.

5. The Transport Scotland Pavement Forum has led to both Published Papers and Transport Scotland Interim Amendments (TSIA).
The Published Papers are available for download from the Transport Scotland Pavement Forum web page: - https://www.transport.gov.scot/our-approach/industry-guidance/transport-scotland-pavement-forum/

These include: -

• Scottish Inspection Panel Report 2018
• TS2010 Inspection and Guidance (4th edition)
• An Approach to cold recycling of Bitumen and Tar Roads
• Correlation of Light Weight Deflectometers for checking of road foundation strength

TSIA documents form part of the specification for road design, installation and testing in Scotland and can be downloaded from the Transport Scotland design of trunk roads guidance web page: - https://www.transport.gov.scot/transport-network/roads/design-of-trunk-roads/#45115

The TSIA documents that are a result of output from the Transport Scotland Pavement Forum are: -

• TSIA 52 Road Recycling
• TSIA 49 The use of Griptester on the Scottish trunk road network
• TSIA 44 Simplified Design Method for the Crack, Seat and Overlay Method – Notes for Guidance

6. There is no list of formal Recommendations or Guidance that has been issued by the Transport Scotland Pavement Forum. Some recommendations and guidance are recorded in the meeting minutes which are then circulated to the attendees as well as corresponding members of the Forum for dissemination as attendees see fit. Ultimately, any such output will be translated, in due course, into public documentation within, for example design standards, construction specifications, TSIAs, Term Maintenance contract requirements, or Employer’s Requirements for Major Projects.

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