Roadworks in Staffordshire
Keeping the traffic moving on Staffordshire's roads is a difficult and complex task.
Staffordshire has well over 3,100 miles of roadway and many more footpaths. The roads are the backbone of the county's economy, keeping goods, services and people on the move.
The County Council's Highways Teams are out working in your community throughout the year, resurfacing the roads, improving footpaths and road drains, installing road safety schemes and other improvements. This alone is a big job.
Underneath the roads is a network of pipes, wires and cables - keeping our increasingly complex and demanding society on track.
Gas, water, phone and electricity companies and housing developers dig about 27,000 holes in Staffordshire's roads every year to get to these vital services, often at very short notice. We work to co-ordinate them and our own road maintenance activities - minimizing disruption.
If you have an enquiry about a particular set of roadworks and want to know who is delivering what aspect, click on one of the tabs to the left and you should be able to find out the latest.
For more information and advice on Road Works go to How to Contact Us
Traffic Management
There is growing concern about the impact of road congestion and disruption to the economy, health and environment of the County.
The County Council has been given new responsibilities and powers through the Traffic Management Act to make sure that traffic is kept moving.
Road works and incidents cause congestion and we are working to keep these to an absolute minimum. Keeping traffic moving on Staffordshire's roads is a difficult task but we have a specialist team who work to co-ordinate everything that is going on.
Already our state-of-the-art Urban Traffic Control (UTC) centre is at the heart of a high tech operation co-ordinating the county's urban traffic signals. The system is linked to a network of roadside information panels giving motorists the information they need to plan ahead.
The Council will be increasingly taking over traffic roles previously carried out by the Police, commencing with on-street parking enforcement.
The Traffic Management Act is intended to provide the basis for better conditions for all road users through management of road networks. It builds upon the Council's existing range of powers and duties under which it maintains and improves roads and manages their use.
The Act introduces a major new duty on the whole Authority to keep traffic moving.
A Traffic Manager has been appointed to deliver on this. They are championing traffic co-ordination and management across all aspects of the County Council's operations. The needs of all road users are considered, not just motorists.
The Traffic Manager's Office is primarily responsible for the following areas:
Network Management:
- Management of the movement of traffic on the highway network, and legal processes relating to traffic regulation
- Co-ordination and control of all activities and works on the highway network including enforcement action against those who disrupt the roads through inadequate planning
- Liaison with neighbouring Authorities and other Agencies to minimise traffic disruption and congestion
- Development of new policy in relation to the Traffic Management Act, including:
- permit schemes and road spacing booking for access to the highway
- bus punctuality and reliability improvement
- real time traffic information systems
- joint incident management arrangements with the Police
- civil contingency planning
Parking Enforcement (Decriminalised Parking Enforcement)
At present the police are responsible for the enforcement of parking regulations, but under the Traffic Management Act this is passing to the County Council. As the new regime develops this area of the Staffordshire Web will develop, providing you with all the latest information.
The Parking Enforcement team will be responsible for:
- Developing enforcement regimes for parking, and implementing traffic offence enforcement
- Legal processes in relation to traffic regulation
Use this link to see more information about Parking
Safety Cameras
- Supporting the Staffordshire Casualty Reduction Partnership in speed enforcement
- Road casualty reduction programmes
Use this link to get more info about Safety Cameras and the Casualty Reduction Partnership
Last Modified:
21/05/2010 11:55:44
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