Knowledge Network
Guidance
Compensation Claims (July 2009)
Download UK Roads Board's revised guidance:
An Annex to Well Maintained Highways
Road Note 42
Best practice guide for durability of asphalt pavements.
Maintaining pavements in a changing climate. (November 2008)
A supplement to Well Maintained Highways, available from www.tsoshop.co.uk.
Based on the TRL research publication (Effects of climate change on highway pavements)
Design Guide for road surface dressing
TRL Road Note RN 39 (September 2008)
Sustainable choice of materials for highway works
A guide for Local Authority highway engineers.
Well Maintained Highways
Additional guidance is published regularly. Section 13 on Winter Service has been revised (December 2009).
Interim Advice Note 115/08
Covers 'Guidance for Works on the hard shoulder and road side verges on high speed dual carriageways'.
Survive - safer use of roadside verges in emergencies.
Surface water drainage
A summary page from DEFRA. Includes link to the 'Living draft - Surface Water Management Plan Guidance'.
Permeable / Impermeable surfaces
Read CSS (now ADEPT) guidance on highway management aspects of 2009 Flood & Water Management Bill (now enacted).
Winter Maintenance
Lessons from the Severe Weather, February 2009 - Recommendations from UK Roads Board.
