Request ID: FOI-0301-2324 Date published: 25 May 2023
You asked
I would like to make an FOI request please in relation to the TfL red routes Earls Court Road and Warwick Road in SW5.
I would like the stretches of both between Cromwell Road and Old Brompton Road please
Please can you indicate the following
a) in terms of the following please indicate who is responsible:
i) Repairing pavement damage, both regular paving and tactile paving
ii) Street cleaning
iii) Maintenance of the roads (eg potholes and road markings)
iv) Illegal parking and loading. Please also provide details of how many PCNs have been issued each year on each of these roads for each of the last four financial years and the revenue generated.
v) Refurbishing the public realm eg new paving and improved pedestrian facilities
vi) Maintenance of kerbs
More widely please indicate any other part of the roads for which TfL is responsible apart from the areas listed in i) to vi) above.
b) Please provide a copy of any agreements (I will take a redacted version if there are commercial sensitivities) between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Transport for London for maintenance of the roads.
c) Please provide a map/diagram of the areas of both roads where TfL is responsible (ie the red route) and those areas where RBKC is responsible (side roads) and where exactly on the roads/pavements responsibility passes across
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0301-2324
Thank you for your request which we received on 29 April 2023, asking for information about Earls Court Road and Warwick Road, between Cromwell Road and Old Brompton Road.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked:
a) in terms of the following please indicate who is responsible: i) Repairing pavement damage, both regular paving and tactile paving ii) Street cleaning iii) Maintenance of the roads (eg potholes and road markings) iv) Illegal parking and loading. Please also provide details of how many PCNs have been issued each year on each of these roads for each of the last four financial years and the revenue generated. v) Refurbishing the public realm eg new paving and improved pedestrian facilities vi) Maintenance of kerbs
TfL is responsible for all paving repairs and both roads are inspected by our contractors on a monthly basis. TfL is also responsible for the maintenance of the carriageways and kerbs.
The borough is responsible for street cleaning as this falls under their EPA (Environmental Protection Act) duties. However, TfL is responsible for the highway drainage assets and clearing of standing water if flooding takes place on the highways.
Please see the below table showing Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued for parking / loading and stopping where prohibited on these sections of roads for the last 4 financial years;
PCNs issued
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
Earls Court Road
2,372
1,216
1,372
1,117
Warwick Road
92
9
17
24
Please see the below table for what we have received in payments towards these PCNs. Please be aware this amount will change over time as more payments are made.
Location
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
Earls Court Road
£161,897.0
£82,983.0
£88,498.8
£81,186.5
Warwick Road
£6,321.0
£585.0
£1,290.0
£1,849.0
More widely please indicate any other part of the roads for which TfL is responsible apart from the areas listed in i) to vi) above.
TfL is also responsible for the following assets:
Bus Infrastructure (bus stops, shelters, bus stands and some stations)
b) Please provide a copy of any agreements (I will take a redacted version if there are commercial sensitivities) between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Transport for London for maintenance of the roads.
Section eight of the highways act 1980 makes provision for agreements between highway authorities ‘for or in relation to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, improvement or maintenance of a highway for which any party to the agreement are the highway authority’.
These agreements can be short term, for perhaps for improvement at a boundary junction, or long term, perhaps for the ongoing maintenance of a road where the authority boundary runs along the centre of the road.
There are no section eight agreements between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and TfL for maintenance of the roads.
c) Please provide a map/diagram of the areas of both roads where TfL is responsible (ie the red route) and those areas where RBKC is responsible (side roads) and where exactly on the roads/pavements responsibility passes across
Please see the map below. The highlighted area shows TfL Highway Authority boundary.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
