Highways Agency

To deliver our wider policies, we work effectively in partnership with other parts of the Department for Transport, government and the public sector.

Examples include our work with:

• the Department for Transport on 
  • access to ports, airports and multi-modal freight interchanges
  •  improving road safety
  • reducing the environmental impacts of road travel
• the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Transport to support the growth and sustainable communities agenda
• Regional Assemblies on developing regional spatial strategies and regional transport strategies local authorities on developing Local Development Frameworks and on development control; and on managing the interface between the local and the strategic road network
• the police on traffic management and improving road safety Overall we contribute to a sophisticated policy mix which ecognises the importance of the strategic road network in carrying much of the nation’s lifeblood efficiently and effectively.

You may also want to read the Department for Transport's Guidance on Transport Assessment.