Road Traffic (Congestion Reduction) Bill
A Bill to place a duty on highway authorities and police forces to minimise congestion and delays caused by collisions and other incidents on the highway; and for connected purposes
This Bill would extend the Network Management Duty of local highways authorities under the Traffic Management Act 2004. It would require local highway authorities to:
- Minimise any congestion caused by collisions and other incidents on the highway
- Ensure that such incidents were managed and cleared expeditiously
- Make an annual report of such incidents, including the measures the authority took to mitigate them.
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Progress through Parliament2 stages recorded
Commons
1st reading
10 Dec 2007
Commons
2nd reading
13 Jun 2008
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