News: Road safety takes centre stage
www.doncaster.gov.uk/News/road-safety-takes-centre-stageSchool pupils have been transported into road safety role play as part of a programme of theatre in education sessions aimed at saving lives.
Roadworks, skips, scaffolding, hoardings and building materials that block the pavement all cause an obstruction to pedestrians
City of Doncaster Council highways maintenance policies and strategies.
To place building materials and/or to make an excavation on any part of the highway a licence must be obtained from the Council
A Section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 agreement can be used to licence a developer to carry out improvement works on public highway which are generally necessary where planning permission has been granted for a development.
An agreement under Section 38 of the Highways Act 1980 can be used where an applicant proposes to construct a new estate road for residential, industrial or general purpose traffic as the legal means by which the road becomes a public highway.
For information regarding public highways within Doncaster and how to view the Highways Register.
Any person or organisation wishing to excavate in the public highway not being a statutory undertaker must obtain a licence under Section 50 of the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991
To place a skip on the highway, without first applying for and being granted a licence, is an offence under The Highways Act 1980 and may result in prosecution
School pupils have been transported into road safety role play as part of a programme of theatre in education sessions aimed at saving lives.
Doncaster Council deliver a wide range of work on the public highway, both planned scheme work and reactive maintenance work. Details of our planned maintenance programmes can be found here.