Advice on emergency road closure

[Ben Y]

Bishops Stortford, comes under East Herts...I imagine the TM will be making these calls for me.

[dumper]

which road are you closing just finished working there tonight’s who doing your tm?

Edited January 8, 2021 by dumper

[Ben Y]

A small part of Parsonage Lane. Company is Crusader Traffic.

[jmac]

Dont tell them your closing both carriage ways, that's when it gets expensive! you can double red the lights for a maximum of 15mins anyway.

[Ben Y]

Spoke to herts highways on the phone this morning and she’s informed me it’s a £689 charge for emergency works.

[dumper]

3 minutes ago, Ben Y said:

Spoke to herts highways on the phone this morning and she’s informed me it’s a £689 charge for emergency works.

Thought it was cheap 

if the tree is dangerous why are you not dealing with it today ?

get another prize for your TM 

[dumper]

2 hours ago, jmac said:

Dont tell them your closing both carriage ways, that's when it gets expensive! you can double red the lights for a maximum of 15mins anyway.

If you don’t tell them the fine gets horrendous

[Ben Y]

Thought it was cheap 
if the tree is dangerous why are you not dealing with it today ?
get another prize for your TM 

It’s not climbable unfortunately. Huge decay and recent cracks in both stems. We have arranged a crane for the soonest day (19th).

Think we will be getting another price.

[jmac]

6 hours ago, dumper said:

If you don’t tell them the fine gets horrendous

The fine for what? He said he only needs both lanes closed for max 15 mins, maybe rules are different in england but up here I'm sure you can double red for max 15 mins

[monkeybusiness]

Why and for how long do you need to close the road? To set up the truck (too wide for 1 lane)? If so, cars can’t get past for the duration of the job so a diversion has to be planned/signed etc. 
It won’t be cheap however you do it I’m afraid...

Can you not dismantle into the road with a climber (or MEWP) working out of one lane - hold reds for the pieces over both carriageways and drag them into your closed-off work area ASAP. Should be far less disruptive (and subsequently cheaper) than a road closure. 
And not bother with the truck/crane - this might be adding complications and expense to your job. 

Edited January 9, 2021 by monkeybusiness