{"id":8178,"date":"2020-08-04T11:34:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T10:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roadsandtransport\/?page_id=8178"},"modified":"2023-10-07T21:11:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T20:11:48","slug":"managing-the-network","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/maintaining-roads\/managing-the-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing the network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are responsible for over 12,800 kilometres (8,000 miles) of road, the longest network in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What we do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We manage the movement of traffic on the highway network.&nbsp;Our 24-hour service deals with incidents and emergencies, monitors traffic and congestion on major routes and plans our response to forecasted weather emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we do this<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We carry out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/maintaining-roads\/highways-safety-inspections\/\">regular safety inspections<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>surveys to gather information on the condition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>routine maintenance, such as gully emptying<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>planned maintenance to address issues such as blocked drainage and ditches, minor road repairs, traffic signals, street lighting, road markings and signage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>coordinate dates and timing of work to minimise disruption<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>manage and enforce parking restrictions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>supervise and enforce highway activities including works and events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>motorways and trunk roads are maintained by <a href=\"https:\/\/highwaysengland.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Highways England<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Torbay roads are maintained by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torbay.gov.uk\/roads\/highway-maintenance\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Torbay Council<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plymouth roads are maintained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plymouth.gov.uk\/roads-and-pavements\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.plymouth.gov.uk\/roads-and-pavements\" rel=\"noopener\">Plymouth City Council<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can\u2019t find what you\u2019re looking for please take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/help-and-support\/\">help and support page<\/a> where we\u2019ve brought together the answers to our most commonly asked questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are responsible for over 12,800 kilometres (8,000 miles) of road, the longest network in England. What we do We manage the movement of traffic on the highway network.&nbsp;Our 24-hour service deals with incidents and emergencies, monitors traffic and congestion on major routes and plans our response to forecasted weather emergencies. How we do this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1076,"featured_media":0,"parent":229,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 07:23:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8178"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17513,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8178\/revisions\/17513"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}