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2.7 The Connétable of St. John of the Minister for Transport and Technical Services regarding the warranty for the works undertaken on the Airport road:
What warranty, if any, is in place to remedy any of the problems with the surface asphalt and joints on the Airport Road and is the warranty for labour only or labour and materials, and if the latter, was this the basis on which all companies tendering, quoted, and if not why not?
Deputy K.C. Lewis of St. Saviour (The Minister for Transport and Technical Services):
It is the contractor's responsibility to rectify any defects that do not meet Transport and Technical Services' highway specification. If defects are found then the contractor has 2 weeks to remedy these defects unless traffic management constraints require a longer period.
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Once the overall project has been completed the contractor is responsible for correcting any defects for a further 52 weeks. The contract between Transport and Technical Services and the contractor is for the whole of the works, i.e. labour, plant and materials. The tender provided to all of the companies tendering for these works was for labour and materials.
- The Connétable of St. John :
Given the problems we had on Victoria Avenue with a number of footpaths having to be relaid some months after the work had been completed, while the contractors are onsite do staff from T.T.S. (Transport and Technical Services) monitor the work and pick up any faults earlier so that then this work can be rectified while the work is ongoing and not have to return to site at a later time?
Deputy K.C. Lewis :
Yes, it was the early intervention from T.T.S. officers that spotted the defects and led to the early remediation. The vast majority of the work of the resurfacing contractor to carry out for T.T.S. is carried out to a very high standard and in accordance with our highway specification. These defects are small in number and are corrected at no cost to T.T.S. T.T.S. and our contractors work hard to limit or eliminate these defects but where this is not successful the contractor corrects these defects at his own cost.
- Deputy T.A. Vallois:
Could the Minister explain what T.T.S.'s specification is for the Airport Road and what the long term benefits of the specification are, whether it is a 20-year or a 40-year maintenance of the road?
Deputy K.C. Lewis :
I believe it is 25 years.
The Bailiff :
A final question, Connétable ?
The Connétable of St. John :
No, I can deal with that later, thank you.