Guidance

Safety at street works and road works

How utility companies and highway authorities can safely carry out the signing, lighting and guarding of street works and road works on all highways and roads.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 21 July 2011
• Last updated: 1 October 2013 — See all updates

Documents

Safety at street works and road works: a code of practice 2013

Ref: ISBN 9780115531453

PDF, 5.39 MB, 108 pages

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Code of practice to help utility companies and highway authorities carry out signing, lighting and guarding of street works and road works. The code of practice applies on highways and roads, except all motorways and any dual carriageways with a speed limit of 50 mph or more.

This is the second impression and it is the latest version. Subsequent impressions only indicate additional hard copy print runs and are no different from this version. The latest edition of the code will always be available on this page.

Published 21 July 2011
Last updated 1 October 2013 + show all updates

1. 1 October 2013

   Code of practice 2013 added.

2. 21 July 2011

   First published.