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The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions.
Traffic Incident Management Bulletin Questionnaire
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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
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Regional Planning
Regional Planning and the Highways Agency
Regional Funding Allocations
As part of the 2004 Spending Review, the Government announced that it would be examining new ways to integrate transport, economic and spatial development strategies in each of the English regions. This aims to give regions the opportunity to feed into future spending decisions and show how their priorities for their region can be better aligned to form a coherent, credible and strategic vision for the region.
Following Devolving Decision Making: A Consultation in Regional Funding Allocations published in December 2004, the Government announced on 21 July 2005 that it intended to go ahead with the proposals. As part of this, guidance for the regions on preparing effective regional advice for submitting to Government has been provided. Further details of the arrangements can be found at the following websites:
Department for Transport
Summary of Responses to the Consultation (PDF 288 KB) (published: 21 July 2005). Devolving Decision Making: A consultation on regional funding allocations - Analysis of consultation responses.
Treasury
Regional Funding Allocations - Guidance on Preparing Advice (published: 21 July 2005)
Parliament
Regional Funding Allocations - Ministerial Statement (published: 22 July 2005)
Categorisation of the Strategic Road Network
For the purposes of regional funding allocations, the strategic road network in England managed by the Highways Agency has been divided into two categories (see map and statement from the DfT). Major schemes on routes of strategic national and international importance will continue to be funded from national transport budgets. Major schemes on other routes of predominantly regional importance will be subject to regional advice on priorities, under the process set out in the document 'Regional Funding Allocations - Guidance on preparing advice' (see link above).
A note on the categorisation of routes and a map showing the categories are attached.
