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About the Project "Safe
Roads, Reliable Journeys, Informed Travellers" are the aims of the
Highways Agency (HA). An extensive programme of improvements has been
planned to deliver these aims to the HA's network of Motorways and Trunk
Roads. These improvements are designed on the assumption that drivers will
comply with the behaviors required to realize the benefits of these
improvements. Enforcement is a tool that can be used to ensure the benefits
for the drivers who do comply are not spoilt by the few that do not.
Historically the Highways Agency has addressed the issue of
enforcement on a project by project basis with the local enforcement
agencies. A new strategic approach is now being adopted.
The Approach AMTEC Consulting is
managing the Highways Agency Enforcement Policy Development Programme, which
is being developed with the enforcement agencies to jointly identify the
types of non-compliance where enforcement would provide the most benefits
from within the existing legal framework of offences. The Highways Agency
Enforcement Strategy will be the first deliverable from this
programme.
The HA's Enforcement Strategy will be supported by
best-practice guidance and followed by a series of policies, each addressing
a specific component of scheme design.
Traffic policies can create new stakeholder issues. Most road
users comply with safety schemes but they also seek assurances that policies
are fair and ethical. Help from AMTEC to create policies, supported by best
practice guidance, will develop trust between stakeholders and the HA.
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