Traffic regulation orders: changes to publishing requirements and special events order approvals
Suggests amending traffic regulation order (TRO) requirements that affect data sharing, publishing practices and approvals for certain special events orders.
Opened
7 Mar 2022
Closed
18 Apr 2022
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Linked documents
- Government Response Traffic regulation orders – government response part 1
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We are proposing to make alterations to traffic regulation order (TRO) processes and requirements. These alterations include:
- adding a new requirement for traffic authorities (TAs) to publish standardised, digital and open data about all TROs for anyone to access, use and share
- introducing a requirement for TAs to publish service levels for TRO applicants
- removing a requirement for the Secretary of State of Transport to approve special events orders that close:
- a road for more than 3 days
- the same road on more than one occasion in a calendar year
- roads for filming
- altering the requirement to publish TROs in local newspapers but include other digital media where local newspapers are not available
- adding a requirement for TAs to publish details of application fees on their websites
- reviewing the list of statutory consultees
We are also asking for views about streamlining the process for installing electric vehicle chargepoints and introducing a unified consent process.
The consultation references information from research on TRO COVID-19 impacts and creating a TRO data platform, released in 2022.
TROs are legal orders made by traffic authorities (TAs) that are needed to change a road’s use or its design.