Sandwell Traffic Sensitive Designations Review
Formal Consultation on the proposal by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to designate certain streets as traffic sensitive under the Street Works (Registers, Notices, Directions and Designations (England) Regulations 2007
Under section 64 of New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 a Street Authority may designate certain streets (or parts of streets) as traffic sensitive. In accordance with Traffic Management Act 2004 and the Streetworks (Registers, Notices, Directions and Designations) (England) Regulations 2007, I am pleased to invite your views on the proposed traffic sensitive designations in Sandwell.
From time to time the designations of streets as traffic sensitive is reviewed in consultation with utility companies, and other interested parties. In addition, the government has decided to proceed with amending regulations to remove the criteria: ‘is designated by the HA as part of its winter maintenance programme’; ‘is on a tourist route or within an area where major events take place’; and ‘is covered by a congestion charge’, so in response, Sandwell Council has recently completed a review of its traffic sensitive designations.
This traffic sensitive network has been developed using the guideline criteria identified in Section 5 of the Department for Transport’s document ‘Code of Practice for Co-ordination of Street and Road Works 2023. Whilst also taking into consideration the Traffic Sensitive Streets Guidance Notes published by GeoPlace in April 2023.
The current and proposed designations along with a copy of the report which details the methodology followed, are available to view by using the following links:
Consultation:
The consultation on the proposed designations will run for a period of 30 days from the 7 July 2025 until the 6 August 2025. Any responses received after this date will not be considered. Responses to the consultation should be sent to: Robert_Hodgson@Sandwell.gov.uk or alternatively please post to:
Traffic Sensitive Review – F.A.O Robert Hodgson
Highways Services
Sandwell Council
PO Box 2374
Oldbury
B69 3DE
If you are responding on behalf of an organisation, we would encourage you to collate your feedback internally and submit it as one response.