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Time: 12-1pm

Climate-related disruption is becoming increasingly frequent and severe, placing growing pressure on highway networks, local communities and already stretched local authority resources. In response, CIHT and Local Partnerships have collaborated with practitioners from across the sector to develop a suite of guidance designed to help authorities move from reacting to events towards a more proactive and resilient approach to managing climate risk on local road networks.

This webinar will provide an overview of the Toolkit which includes:

• Highways Strategic Adaptation and Resilience Guidance
• Operational Framework Guidance
• Hazard-specific Operational Response Checklists

Authors Andrew Crudgington (CIHT Climate Change Associate) and Jon Munslow (Viasulis) will introduce the guidance, explain how the different documents fit together and discuss the key principles that underpin the approach. Helen Morrison (Department for Transport) will introduce the DfT’s Transport Hazard Summaries and Rachel Toresen-Owuor (Local Partnerships) will explain how the new materials fits with wider support and guidance available to the sector.  

This will be followed by a panel discussion with senior professionals, including immediate CIHT Past President Mitesh Solanki, exploring how the guidance can support authorities respond more effectively to the challenges of a changing climate, what barriers to implementation remain, and how the highways sector can work together to further develop it approach to climate resilience.

The event also marks the beginning of a wider programme of engagement to support implementation and continuous improvement of the guidance. Participants will be invited to contribute views on future priorities, including further guidance development, training, tools and case studies.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the structure and purpose of the new climate hazards guidance suite, and their relationship to the DfT Transport Hazards Summaries and other support available to the sector
• Explore how Local Highways Authorities can strengthen adaptation, preparedness and response arrangements
• Learn about emerging practice from across the highways sector

Who is this event for?

This event will be relevant to anyone involved in planning, managing or responding to climate-related disruption on the highway network, including:

• Heads of Service and senior leaders
• Asset management professionals
• Network and operations managers
• Emergency planning and resilience practitioner
• Highways engineers and service managers
• Contractors and supply chain partners
• Transport planners and policy professionals