Guidance

Making traffic regulation orders during coronavirus (COVID-19)

Assistance and clarifying information regarding the traffic orders procedure regulations during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 29 June 2020

This publication was withdrawn on 4 May 2021

This information has expired. Traffic orders will now revert to the procedures set out in legislation for:

• permanent and experimental orders
• temporary orders
• orders made by the Highways England or Secretary of State

Applies to England

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Traffic regulation orders: guidance on the traffic orders procedure (Coronavirus)

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Guidance:

• clarifying
• assisting with implementing

the ‘Traffic orders procedure (coronavirus) (amendment) (England) regulations 2020’.

The guidance includes clarifying information on the:

• traffic orders, which are required to make and enforce changes to a road’s use or its design plus:
  • emergency procedure for orders made to deal with the effects of coronavirus
  • the publicity requirements for other types of orders – permanent, experimental or temporary

These amendments speed up the time it takes for traffic authorities to make traffic orders and deal with the effects of coronavirus, including:

• social distancing
• promoting active travel

Published 29 June 2020