Summary and Overview of the Act Part 2 .Network management by local traffic authorities
8.Part 2 imposes a duty on all local traffic authorities to secure the expeditious movement of traffic on their road networks, and to facilitate the expeditious movement of traffic on other authorities’ networks. Authorities are required to make arrangements as they consider appropriate for planning and carrying out the action to be taken in performing the duty; part of the arrangements must be the appointment of a “Traffic Manager”.
9.If an authority is failing properly to perform its network management duty, or duty to make appropriate arrangements, then the Act provides for the Secretary of State (in England) and the National Assembly for Wales (in Wales) to appoint a ”Traffic Director” in relation to that authority. The national authority must, among other things, set out such objectives for the traffic director as the national authority considers will secure that the duty or duties are being properly performed.