{"id":4923,"date":"2011-02-01T23:26:03","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T23:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=4923"},"modified":"2011-02-01T23:26:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T23:26:03","slug":"new-powers-to-councils-on-road-layouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=4923","title":{"rendered":"New Powers To Councils On Road Layouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An email alert from the DSA:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">New powers to help councils redraw the map <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Local authorities will be given greater control over how their roads appear on maps and satnav systems &#8211; helping them to better direct traffic &#8211; under bureaucracy-cutting proposals set out today by Local and Regional Transport Minister Norman Baker. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">At present, if a council wants to change the classification of one of its roads &#8211; for example downgrading an A road to a B road &#8211; it has to be approved by the Department for Transport. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">The Government proposes devolving decision making to councils as they are best-placed to decide the classification of local roads. This would help them make clear to drivers which roads are most suitable for through-journeys, potentially reducing congestion on local routes. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Norman Baker said: <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">&#8220;The current system dates back to the 1960s and is a hangover from the days of Whitehall-knows-best. I believe in giving power to local people. This reform will cut red tape and mean councils can better control traffic in their area. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">More information <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">read the full press release <\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">have your say on the proposals <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a privatisation-type scheme by this Mickey Mouse government we have. I&#8217;d suggest anyone with concerns should use that second link and make their feelings known.<\/p>\n<p>The existing system has worked fine for decades. The new system would mean lunatics who get on to councils would be involved &#8211; and you don&#8217;t get many lunatics who all think the same way! Going from town to town would be a nightmare &#8211; and they think there are too many deaths amongst young or new drivers now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An email alert from the DSA: New powers to help councils redraw the map Local authorities will be given greater control over how their roads appear on maps and satnav systems &#8211; helping them to better direct traffic &#8211; under bureaucracy-cutting proposals set out today by Local and Regional Transport Minister Norman Baker. At present, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-dsa-related"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}