Guidance

How to reinstate a road after doing street works

The standards for reinstating streets after completing street works.

Documents

Specification for the reinstatement of openings in highways (fourth edition)

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The ‘Specification of the reinstatement of openings in highways’ (SROH) outlines the standards for reinstating streets after completing street works.

Anyone who carries out street works must reinstate the street once the work is finished, in line with these standards.

The fourth edition of SROH was released in 2020, and became statutory guidance on 10 May 2021.

Published 3 April 2010
Last updated 14 May 2020 + show all updates
  1. Addition of the fourth edition of the 'Specification of the reinstatement of openings in highways', which officially replaces the third edition on 10 May 2021.

  2. First published.