The Street and Road Works (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) (England) Regulations 2020

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments relating to street works and works for road purposes. These Regulations amend the following instruments—

(a)

the Street Works (Registers, Notices, Directions and Designations) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1951),

(b)

the Street Works (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1952),

(c)

the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I.2007/3372), and

(d)

the Street Works (Charges for Unreasonably Prolonged Occupation of the Highway) (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/303).

Those instruments are amended to support the implementation of Street Manager, a new digital service for planning, managing and communicating street and road works. Regulation 2 sets out which works this aspect of the Regulations applies to, and makes transitional provision. See also regulations 3(2)(a) and (c), (3) to (5) and (7), 4, 5(2), (3), (8) and (9), 6(2)(e), (8), and (9)).

In addition—

(a)

the Street Works (Registers, Notices, Directions and Designations) (England) Regulations 2007 are amended to reduce time periods relating to road restrictions (see regulation 3(6));

(b)

the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 are amended to prevent incorrect classification and fees (see regulation 5(4));

(c)

the Street Works (Charges for Unreasonably Prolonged Occupation of the Highway) (England) Regulations 2009 are amended to require more real-time updates of works' start and stop information (see regulation 6(3)).

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector may be seen at www.legislation.gov.uk/ or obtained by writing to the Department for Transport, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR.