Bus shelter contracts
Dear Luton Borough Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
1. Do you have a contract with a commercial partner to provide and maintain your bus shelter infrastructure? If yes, who is your contracted provider?
2. What are the start and end dates of your bus shelter contract, including any optional extensions?
3. What is the financial value of your contract?
4. How many bus shelters does the contract cover?
5. How many of the bus shelters covered in the contract have advertising shells? What is the breakdown of these advertising shells between traditional print and digital?
5. What restrictions are there within the contract in relation to advertising in your bus shelters – for example, are there any industries or topics that cannot be advertised?
Yours faithfully,
Scott Lloyd
Dear Scott
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Sorry Scott – I think my last message encrypted, please see below.
Kind regards
Mark
Mark Aaronson
Asset Manager
Luton Borough Council
Highways Services
Tel : 07976375242
From: Aaronson, Mark
Sent: 23 September 2022 10:28
To: 'Scott Lloyd' <[FOI #899694 email]>
Cc: LBC Feedback <[email address]>
Subject: FOI Request Reference LU4834
Hello Scott
Thank you for your freedom of information request. Please see our response
below in red Do you have a contract with a commercial partner to provide
and maintain your bus shelter infrastructure? If yes, who is your
contracted provider?
Yes – Clear Channel
2. What are the start and end dates of your bus shelter contract,
including any optional extensions?
1^st April 2012 – 31^st March 2027
3. What is the financial value of your contract?
No monetary value, Clear Channel provide a shelter including maintenance
in return from advertising space
4. How many bus shelters does the contract cover?
110 shelters
5. How many of the bus shelters covered in the contract have advertising
shells? What is the breakdown of these advertising shells between
traditional print and digital?
80 Advertising shelters – do no currently hold information on breakdown
between print and digital
5. What restrictions are there within the contract in relation to
advertising in your bus shelters – for example, are there any industries
or topics that cannot be advertised?
Each site requires planning permission and these will be subject to
certain conditions ie no advertsising outside parks, places of worship
,educational establishments
No current restrictions on topics that can be advertised however the
council can reasonably ask the contractor to remove any advertising it
deems inappropriate.
I hope this answers your questions, however if you need any clarification
please do not hesitate to contact me .
Kind Regards
Mark
Mark Aaronson
Asset Manager
Luton Borough Council
Highways Services
Tel : 07976375242
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