Traffic management in Hackney Wick

Tower Hamlets Council is the highway authority for Hackney Wick: the borough runs local roads, while Transport for London runs the red routes. Red routes, the main roads on the Transport for London Road Network, need TfL's agreement instead. Trunk roads are managed by National Highways.

Almost every English highway authority now runs a permit scheme under the Traffic Management Act 2004, so works on the road need a permit, applied for through the government's Street Manager service. Minor works usually need 3 working days' notice, standard works 10 and major works 3 months.

The A10, A11, A12, A13, A102 and A104 pass through or close to Hackney Wick. On roads like these, queue lengths decide the method: we set signal timings to keep traffic moving and suggest night or off-peak work where it helps.

Hackney Wick is home to around 12,000 people, so works plans need to think about pedestrians, buses and deliveries as well as through traffic.