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Highways & Traffic Order Committees

This Committee reports to the Executive Committee

What does the Highways Committee do ?

Responsibilities / Activities

Within the general strategy, policies and operating procedures of the Council to exercise the following powers of the Highway Authority delegated by the Executive:

To develop, approve details and monitor and implement the Statutory Devon Local Transport Plan local area improvement programmes, up to a value (work costs) of £250,000.
To approve details and implement improvement schemes from the Statutory Devon Local Transport Plan regional, countywide and zonal and local safety scheme programmes, up to a value [works costs] of £250,000.
To approve details and implement Traffic Regulation Orders, and schemes for the control of parking on the highway and to be involved in the development of proposals for park and ride schemes.
To comment on proposals by third parties to stop up or divert highways and stop up private means of highway access.
To control the use of highways by the granting of consents, approvals, licences, minor property rights in connection with operations, uses or activities on, under, over or adjacent to the highway.
To ensure the effectiveness of the maintenance of highways, bridges and street lighting.
To consider and approve proposals for the making up of private streets.
To maintain an overview on issues relating to repeated obstruction of the highway and advise when action to enforce public rights of way may be considered appropriate.
To approve the establishment or deletion of school crossing patrol sites, within the criteria and budget defined by the Council.
To approve the revocation of New Street Orders.
To approve applications to the Magistrates' Court for the stopping-up or diversion of a public highway.

What happened at the last meeting ?

See Committee Minutes and Agendas for more information.