The Scottish Road Works Commissioner is an independent public official established under section 16 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 and is accountable to the Scottish Ministers and ultimately the Scottish Parliament.
The Commissioner's aim is to improve the planning, co-ordination and quality of road works throughout Scotland.
The Commissioner monitors performance, promotes and encourages good practice across both utility companies and roads authorities. He also has powers to inspect road works and investigate the organisations carrying these out. Where this identifies systematic failures, the Commissioner can exercise his compliance powers. Organisations who fail to meet acceptable standards can be subject to financial penalties.
It should be noted that the Commissioner is not resourced to reactively investigate individual road works. Use of the powers referred to above will generally only be exercised where a pattern of non-compliance is identified.
Should you wish to report a specific issue with any road works, this should be made to the relevant roads authority in the first instance. Roads authorities have a duty to co-ordinate works on their road network and a range of powers to assist them in doing this effectively.