Paragraph 31 TO WHAT EXTENT HAS AN AUTHORITY HAD REGARD FOR THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT DUTY GUIDANCE IN PERFORMING ITS NETWORK MANAGEMENT DUTIES? (See section 18(2) of the Act)

(1)

Local circumstances will have a significant influence not only on how an authority manages its network, but also on how it goes about making arrangements for the performance of that duty and which traffic management techniques it chooses to adopt. It is, therefore, for each individual authority to decide how it plans to perform its duties relating to traffic management.

(2)

However, some features of the Network Management Duty Guidance are common to all authorities, albeit to differing degrees. All of the following considerations need to be adequately addressed as a minimum indication that an authority has had regard to the Network Management Duty Guidance (“NMDG”)—

(a)

considering the needs of all road users;

(b)

co-ordinating and planning works and known events;

(c)

gathering and providing information needs;

(d)

incident management and contingency planning;

(e)

dealing with traffic growth;

(f)

working with all stakeholders — internal and external;

(g)

ensuring parity with others; and

(h)

providing evidence to demonstrate network management.