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.
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.
For information regarding public highways within Doncaster and how to view the Highways Register.
The A18 Thorne Road Scheme is a major road improvement scheme, which will benefit people travelling from the east of the borough towards Doncaster town centre.
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.
This plan is a DfT requirement which states the need for an approved and publicised highways communications plan in order to apply for DfT Incentive Funds funding. It is in line with the criteria set out by DfT to obtain up to £1m in funding. Once published on the Council’s website it will become the framework for all future communications regarding major works and large scale event as well as planned and unplanned works with will disrupt the network and members of the public who use it.
Road signs are installed to regulate, advise and give directional information to the road user.
Doncaster Council have been presented with a regional Platinum Award – one of 14 local authorities to be given such a title – for its presentation and accuracy of highways and street information.
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