Document Status
Current
Supplement
Civil & Structural Supplement
Series
Network management manual
Abstract
Introduces good practice aspects for managing and providing routine and winter services on the trunk road network. This section deals with incident management, roles and responsibilities, definition of incidents, information and the media, communications, command and control, coordination, contingency planning, service requirements, debriefing, standards and requirements of service providers, temporary traffic management vehicles, incident support units: vehicles, livery, equipment, health and safety, hazardous waste, reporting and recording and investigation, managing and identifying canine fatalities, re-opening of running lanes following spillages and use of non-standard CCTV.
History
Currency: Version 1 amendment 8 dated July 2009. Part 9 is intentionally blank. This issue replaces Version 1 amendment 7 dated June 2008. Replaces HA Trunk road maintenance manual Volumes 1-3. Part 7 has now been split into two parts: 7a = Traffic incident management and contingency planning and 7b = Annexes.
Subjects
- Civil engineering, infrastructure and public utilities
- Transport facilities
- Roads
Publisher History
The Highways Agency transformed into Highways England in 2015 and was then renamed as National Highways in 2021. The government company had responsibility for operating England's motorways and major A roads, including modernising and maintaining the highways. Their publications include the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, the Manual of Contract Documents for Road Works and Interim Advice Notes.