National Highways retains responsibility for addressing air quality issues on the parts of the Strategic Road Network that pass through urban areas. It told us that, in setting its measures, it needs to ensure it does not do anything that displaces traffic onto other roads, which would shift where exceedances occur and risk displacing heavy traffic onto roads managed by local authorities.44 It told us that it manages these risks both at the national level, through working with the seven sub-n...

National Highways retains responsibility for addressing air quality issues on the parts of the Strategic Road Network that pass through urban areas. It told us that, in setting its measures, it needs to ensure it does not do anything that displaces traffic onto other roads, which would shift where exceedances occur and risk displacing heavy traffic onto roads managed by local authorities.44 It told us that it manages these risks both at the national level, through working with the seven sub-national transport bodies, and at a local level, through considering signage options and working with local authorities where sections of the strategic ro Type: conclusion | Number: 27 | Response status: not_addressed