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Traffic signs controlled by light signals, signs for crossings and signs for lane control.
Upright traffic signs for red routes.
When you do not need a water abstraction licence from the Environment Agency for passive dewatering.
Government appraisal tool, plus information on using and understanding the tool, to help councils assess the costs and benefits of local speed limit schemes.
How to apply for a Street Works Act (SWA) code to carry out streetworks.
How to use traffic equipment and implement traffic regulations and policies.
Regulatory traffic signs at junctions and miscellaneous regulatory signs.
Traffic signs indicating pedestrian zones, cycle zones and charging schemes.
Best practice advice on the deployment and use of safety cameras for traffic enforcement.
Good practice for highway authorities issuing licences under section 50 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA).
The use of traffic bollards and associated signing for roads with a speed limit of 30 miles per hour or lower.
Technical guidance for local councils in England on obtaining approval of equipment used to capture evidence of certain traffic contraventions.
Local transport note about design issues for signal controlled roundabouts.
This document is an update of an original Department for Transport document, "The Certification of Approved Devices", to cover road user charging applications.
How Highways England use route strategies and strategic studies to plan for future investment and inform the Road Investment Strategy 2.
Guidance and pro-formas for developing and submitting investment proposals for local roads.
How local highways authorities should classify roads and organise the primary route network without approval from the Department for Transport.
How to design, construct and mount temporary signs to guide traffic going to special events.
Standards and guidance on using road plates to cover excavations and reduce congestion at roadworks.
The highways maintenance appraisal tool (HMAT) helps local highway authorities assess the economic costs and benefits of proposed maintenance.
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