Planning Journeys Avoiding Roadworks

[Camberman]

You may already know about this but for anyone who doesn't, there is an excellent free resource available for planning road journeys in England, Scotland and Wales. This covers known roadworks up to a year in advance. I use it mainly before starting out on long journeys. It is called the Causeway One Network and is used by local authorities, utility providers, etc to co-ordinate their works but is freely available to the public. It has 30 data layers enabling users to find the information they need.

Go to Causeway one,network Map where you can sign up.

Single source of truth​

The Causeway one.network Map is the UK’s single source of truth for information about traffic disruptions, displaying comprehensive information about current and planned roadworks, public events and traffic management interventions such as road closures and diversion routes.

User friendly and free-to-view, Causeway one.network is one of the most visited, most comprehensive and most widely syndicated source of roadworks and traffic disruption information in the UK.

 

[Llanigraham]

I have just checked my local area and it shows no road works, actual or planned, and yet on my journey today between Machynlleth and Shrewsbury there were 4, of which 2 are long term (A470 at Talerddig, and A483 between Newtown and Garthmyl). In fact the only ones in Wales are on the motorway.

 

[Camberman]

I have just checked my local area and it shows no road works, actual or planned, and yet on my journey today between Machynlleth and Shrewsbury there were 4, of which 2 are long term (A470 at Talerddig, and A483 between Newtown and Garthmyl). In fact the only ones in Wales are on the motorway.

Hi. I'm assuming you signed up and got logged in ok. Firstly, have you got all the relevant data layers switched on? Secondly, have you zoomed in sufficiently on the map? I can see many roadworks, actual and planned, across Wales.

I'm using Edge as my browser - might it be an issue with other browsers? I'm not very computer savvy so what browser is in use might be irrelevant!

Best wishes

Camberman

 

[Llanigraham]

No I didn't sign up for it.
As far as I am concerned it cannot be a "single source" if I am required to sign up and then search through various data layers.
I want a search facility that is simple and easy; this isn't.

 

[GusB]

It is called the Causeway One Network and is used by local authorities, utility providers, etc to co-ordinate their works

If only "local authorities, utility providers, etc" actually co-ordinated their works...

I've just had a look at the map and zoomed in on the nearest goings-on; while there were some temporary traffic lights there a few days ago, those roadworks certainly weren't in place tonight. If the information isn't current it's useless!

 

[thejuggler]

One Network uses data on road closures approved by local authorities. it does not employ people to sit by every set of roadworks and update the maps as lights are removed!

If a closure is planned for 5 days and work gets done in 4 the system may well not be updated. I use it a lot and its generally accuarate enough for my needs.

 

[david1212]

You may already know about this but for anyone who doesn't, there is an excellent free resource available for planning road journeys in England, Scotland and Wales. This covers known roadworks up to a year in advance. I use it mainly before starting out on long journeys. It is called the Causeway One Network and is used by local authorities, utility providers, etc to co-ordinate their works but is freely available to the public. It has 30 data layers enabling users to find the information they need.

Go to Causeway one,network Map where you can sign up.

If only "local authorities, utility providers, etc" actually co-ordinated their works...

Local to me back up to 3 weeks ago there were physical yellow signs stating that on one day between 22 - 27 April a short stretch of road was to be closed for surface dressing. Yesterday I took an alternative route to avoid driving along there should 27 be the chosen day. When I walked there I found that the surface dressing had been done.
The signs had been changed now stating that this section of road would be closed for both 10-11 and 17-18 May. Looking on Causeway one, network Map without logging in but just entering a postcode to get the map near to the location shows that the closures are for Nexfibre. Only time will tell if they need to excavate trenches .....

Back in time the district council used to directly have a website page of work in the area. The link now just redirects to Causeway one, network Map. Likewise the council website for the area where I work.

 

[GusB]

Local to me back up to 3 weeks ago there were physical yellow signs stating that on one day between 22 - 27 April a short stretch of road was to be closed for surface dressing. Yesterday I took an alternative route to avoid driving along there should 27 be the chosen day. When I walked there I found that the surface dressing had been done.
The signs had been changed now stating that this section of road would be closed for both 10-11 and 17-18 May. Looking on Causeway one, network Map without logging in but just entering a postcode to get the map near to the location shows that the closures are for Nexfibre. Only time will tell if they need to excavate trenches .....

Back in time the district council used to directly have a website page of work in the area. The link now just redirects to Causeway one, network Map. Likewise the council website for the area where I work.

It's crazy. The main culprits around here are Openreach and Scottish Water; I've lost count of the number of times that they've been digging up various bits of the road. I don't mind if it's only for a couple of days and the delay is only going to be a few minutes - if I'm making a journey that's time-critical I always add in a bit of extra time anyway. If I know that a particular section is going to hold me up, I'll take a different route but it's annoying when another company is digging up the alternative. It's most frustrating when this is all happening just a few weeks after the council has resurfaced the whole section of road to fix the potholes!

 

[Camberman]

The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA) and the Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA), supported by relevant regulations and codes of practice, provide a legislative framework for street works by undertakers (including utility companies) and the road works carried out by highway authorities – to the extent that these must be co-ordinated by street authorities. Highway authorities are the street authorities for the public road network. The aim of this code of practice is to balance the statutory rights of highway authorities and undertakers to carry out works with the right of road users to expect the minimum disruption from works.

The above is an extract from the Department for Transport "Code of practice for the co-ordination of street and road works" - see Code of Practice Pages 20 and 21 of the Code talk about the requirement for co-ordination and the benefits to road users through achieving this.

It might be thought that in reality the achievement of co-ordination is often poor.....