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The Department for Trasport (DFT) work with their agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps the UK's businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. They plan and invest in transport infrastructure to keep the UK on the move.
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Specification for Reinstatement of Openings in Highways 4th edition

This will supersede the 3rd edition (ISBN 9780115531415), and comes into force as statutory guidance, on the 10th May 2021.
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Safety at Street Works and Road Works

Essential for those in charge of Traffic Management Orders (TMO) or Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO), and those undertaking training courses.
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Specification for Reinstatement of Openings in Highways 3rd edition

Statutory requirements for materials, performance and standards of workmanship for use in association with street works by utilities and other undertakers with apparatus in the street.
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The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016

The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002

Traffic Signs Manuals
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8: Part 1 - Design
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8: Part 2 - Operations
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8: Part 3 - Update

Provides information on changes to the methods used to prescribe traffic signs in the 2016 Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions.
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Other Traffic Signs Manuals
Other key titles
Know Your Traffic Signs

This handy reference title illustrates and explains the vast majority of traffic signs that a road user is likely to encounter.
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Shared Use Routes for Pedestrians and Cyclists

Focuses on routes within built-up areas where the predominant function of the route is for utility transport, and where use by pedestrians and cyclists is likely to be frequent.
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Management of Electronic Traffic Equipment

Contains important guidance for local authorities that own and operate electronic traffic equipment on their network.