Traffic management orders & traffic public notices

Traffic Management Orders

Traffic Management Orders (TMOs) are statutory legal documents. We make them under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. They're used to regulate and enforce:

highways traffic measures and
parking

We consult on Proposals to make Permanent Orders with:

the emergency services
other statutory bodies and
the general public who can make representations

We publish TMOs in a local newspaper and we put up street notices.

View our Permanent Traffic Order consultations

You'll need to select ‘Notices of Proposals’ to view proposed orders.

The four main types of TMOs

Permanent orders

Most of the signs and lines that are on our streets are governed by Permanent Orders, such as:

school keep clear zig-zag markings
double / single yellow lines
parking bays
speed limits
banned turns
prohibition of traffic
one-way roads

Experimental orders

We use Experimental Orders to introduce traffic schemes. They are 'Experimental' because this allows them to be introduced and monitored before we make them permanent.

View our Experimental Traffic Order Consultations

Temporary orders

We use Temporary Traffic Orders when works are to take place on the highway or next to it. We would use one to close a road or put in place one-way working for: