>On what basis is 'highway_authority_ref' being put forward since I don't think the councils who allocate the references for C and U roads are actually the 'highway_authority'
Hi Lester, I expect the basis is the Highways Act 1980 which defines them as "Local Highways Authorities". I'm not sure if these align with Local Authorities. It looks like they do outside of London, but I get confused by how London is run. In summary: - Outside Greater London it is the "council of the County" - The Greater London Council for all metropolitan roads - The council of a London Borough, or a Common Council for all councils in the borough or the City which are not metropolitan roads And apparently metropolitan roads are all those that existed, or where in planning, and were captured by the definition in the Transport (London) Act 1969. Oh and, they are the authority of all highways whether or not they are maintained at public expense! So I assume that this made GLC the authority of all highways previously defined (maybe just those maintained at public expense) and the London Borough for all new ones (although I guess they passed control to GLC) and any that GLC hadn't picked up (maybe the ones not maintained by public expense). But to summarise: Highways Authority is not a term reserved for the national Highway Authorities. Local ones can use this term too. *Rob*
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