Street Force - All About Us
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As one of England’s Core Cities, Sheffield has a significant but diverse highway network and streetscene covering both densely populated urban areas and sparsely populated rural communities. Both the residents of Sheffield and visitors to the City have a high level of dependency on the road network in going about their daily lives.
Forming part of the Development, Environment & Leisure Directorate, Street Force’s prime purpose is to provide a high quality highway network and streetscene for the benefit of all.
We aim to achieve this by: -
- Working in partnership with businesses, residential & voluntary sectors, other Council services & other public bodies;
- Supporting & developing our workforce to deliver quality services in a flexible way that makes sense to the public; and
- Comparing ourselves with the best.
Our Prime Function
Our prime function is to manage the maintenance of the streetscene network, but in addition, we incorporate the following complementary functions: -
- Design & Build Local Transport Plan Improvement Schemes
- Parking Services
- The South Yorkshire Laboratory which is managed on behalf of the 4 South Yorkshire Districts
- Management of Public Toilets
- Concrete Batching Plant
- Manufacturing & Fabrication Workshop
The Streetscene Asset
The streetscene network itself is a significant asset with an overall gross replacement value in excess of £2bn and including the following key elements: -
- 1,943km of carriageway (of which 60% is covered by the Winter Service precautionary salting network)
- 3,400km of footway
- 556 bridges & structures
- 68,700 lighting units
- 31,000 traffic signs
- 471 traffic signal installations
- 2,976,000 square metres of verges & planted areas
- 40,000 highway trees
- 72,000 drainage gullies
Other Initiatives
In addition, we have a Marketing & Communities Section that promotes the following initiatives: -
- Environmental Education (direct work with schools and general promotion)
- Community Support
- Promotions & Campaigns
- Sheffield In Bloom
- Litter Prevention
Support Services
The Service is backed up by overarching support services covering: -
- Customer Services
- Financial Services
- Procurement
- ICT & Performance
- Commercial Services
Working in Partnership
Street Force operates a mixed market approach to test, obtain and achieve value for money for all the resources that it utilises. To achieve this, the service works in partnership with a number of sub-contractors, organisations and agencies to deliver services as effectively as possible. These include: -
- CEMEX – Road surfacing and improvement works
- Veolia/South Yorkshire Police/DVLA – Removal of Abandoned Cars
- YEDL (Yorkshire Electricity Distribution Ltd) part of CE Electric UK – Street lighting fault repairs
- Business and voluntary/community sector partnerships
Improving the Streetscene Environment
Street Force has led on several major initiatives aimed at improving the streetscene environment for both residents and visitors to Sheffield. These include: -
- Cleaner Sheffield Strategy
- Abandoned Vehicle Rapid Response Scheme
- Annual In Bloom Project
The Service also works in active partnership with Area Panels and the 10 Multi-Agency Safer Neighbourhood Teams to address local needs.
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