Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions.
The Project Control Framework
On 1st April 2008 we launched the Project Control Framework. The Framework sets out how we, together with the Department for Transport, manage and deliver major improvement projects.
Free Traffic Information Seminars
Helping your business get its customers, drivers and goods where they should be, on time and stress-free.
Capability Assessment Toolkit 3
Introducing new and challenging indicators in the area of corporate social responsibility.
Efficiency Gains from Collaborative Roads Procurement
Delivering efficiency and best value is central
Memorandum of Understanding
Recently, a memorandum of understanding has been signed by Archie Robertson, Chief Executive of the Highways Agency and Paul Leinster, Acting Chief Executive of the Environment Agency.
The agreement formalises protocol for the two agencies working together, including
- collaboration on environmental incident reporting, response, management and remediation,
- working to identify and reduce environmental risk across the road network and agree joint emergency plans / procedures,
- establish and maintain contacts at Strategic, Tactical and Operational levels and promoting the general principles of the memorandum with other relevant stakeholders and partners.
The main aims are to identify and develop areas of mutual interest and opportunities for joint working, improve the effectiveness of communication between both organisations at all levels resulting in improved efficiency through sharing of best practice, and ultimately, to contribute to delivery of the governments policies on the environment, planning, regeneration, development and transport.
The Memorandum of Understanding follows an agreement set up by the two agencies and also local fire and rescue service in the North West. AmeyMouchel along with the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service and the Environment Agency have formed a partnership - CEEPLG, Cumbria Emergency Environmental Protection Liaison Group.
The initiative includes regular meetings, joint training days and consultation with all parties over potential new equipment and pollution control materials. This has led to the positioning of pollution kits at strategic points across the network which can be accessed by all of the services. These can then be deployed, as necessary, by incident responders to ensure that the environmental impacts of an incident can be minimised.
One such example was a recent lorry fire on the M6. Prompt sourcing of drainage plans and deployment of a contractor meant that the extent of the environmental damage was greatly limited, and although some fish were killed, if the waterway had not been dammed and pumped out the damage would have been much more serious.
