Traffic management in Ross-on-Wye

Herefordshire Council is the highway authority for Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire is the highway authority for local roads. 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 A40, A49 and A449 pass through or close to Ross-on-Wye. The M50 is within a few miles. 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.

Around 11,000 people live in Ross-on-Wye. On busier streets, keeping footways open and queues short matters as much as the works themselves.