Dear Colleague,
Plan for Drivers: cracking down on disruptive road works
Roadworks can cause congestion and irritation for everyone who uses the roads. We want to see them carried out quickly and effectively wherever possible.
That’s why we are publishing a consultation today on street works. It looks at how to stop road works from overrunning and includes proposals to allow more money paid through charges for utility companies for works on the busiest roads to be used for resurfacing and improving local roads.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/street-works-fines-and-lane-rental-surplus-funds
The measures could generate up to £100 million extra over 10 years to repair potholes, while helping tackle congestion, cutting down journey times and providing motorists with greater peace of mind.
Launching on National Pothole Day, the consultation is part of the Government’s Plan for Drivers, a 30-point plan to support people’s freedoms to use their cars, curb over-zealous enforcement measures and back drivers.
In addition, the Government plans to make all temporary, experimental or permanent restrictions on traffic available digitally. These “Traffic Regulation Orders” include things like the location of parking spaces, road closures and speed limits. Making these digital means the most up-to-date information can be given to drivers so that their journeys will be reliable, more predictable and faster. It can also help them to find parking spaces. Action is already in hand to achieve this, helping pave the way for the arrival of driverless vehicles, with a measure in the Automated Vehicles Bill currently before Parliament.
Yours ever,
The Rt Hon Mark Harper MP
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT