Well-maintained highways - Code of practice for highway maintenance management - complementary guidance

Publication Year

2009

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Covers key themes including the need for a robust regime of safety inspection and a planned investment programme based on whole life costs which are fundamental to highway maintenance. Covers asset and risk management and gives advice on the implications of the new Traffic Management Act 2004. Updated in 2009 to reflect changes to statutory duties and developments and advances in good practice.

Document History

Published by Roads Liaison Group. Complementary guidance for: "Well-maintained highways - code of practice for highway maintenance management" (DfT, 2005). Includes updates covering: section 2 introduction, section 5 policy framework, section 6 context of best value and continuous improvement, section 7 legal framework, section 9 inspection assessment and recording, section 10 condition standards and investigatory levels, section 14 weather and other emergencies, section 15 sustainable highway maintenance and section 16 procurement and service delivery. December 2009 update - new paragraphs for Section 5.5.8, Section 10.4.10, complete revised Section 13, Appendix C and Appendix H.

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