Alerts and Documents

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 50

Ensuring We Meet Our Environmental Obligations!

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 49

Can You See It Yet? Visibility Distances for Advance Signs

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 48

Home Front in the Garden or Avoidable Contract Cost! The Lifting of Specialist Modular Materials

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 47

Traffic Barriers! When is a Traffic Barrier Required?

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 46

Up The Junction! The Use of Supplementary Plates in Advance of Junction Works

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 45

Cuts and Grazes! Damage To Existing Surfaces

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 44

Wait Here Please! Temporary Footway Closure

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 43

Is It Wide Enourgh 2! Use of Give & Take Traffic Control Measures

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 42

Verges and Unmade Ground! Reinstatement of verges and unmade ground adjacent to carriageways

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 41

On Your Bike! Working In Designated Cycle Lanes

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 40

Close The Gap! Replacing Safety Zones

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 39

Graffiti! Marking Out On The Site

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 38

When Narrow Is Not Narrow Enough!

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 36

Warn, Inform, Direct! Placement of Temporary Road Signs

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 35

Too Close! Proximity rules for Reinstatement - 300mm, 250mm and 150mm rule

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 34

Is It Wide Enough? When is a road closure the only option?

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 33

An Inspector Calls? How to manage visits to site from 3rd Party Officials

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 32

Road Block! The use of Temporary Obstruction Site?

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 31

Overprotective! When is it right to overprotect a site?

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 30

Well Informed! Proper Use of Information Boards

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 29

Bowling Green or Battlefield! The Reinstatement of Verges and Grassed Areas

HAUC(UK) Guidance Bulletin 28

Seeing Red! Use of Portable Traffic Signals

Guidance Bulletin Archives

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Traffic Management Operative struck by vehicle

Apprentice loses his life

A cautionary tale around the electrocution of a young apprentice. Don't take chances, take care!

Member of the public died following fall into excavation site

Risks need to be properly assessed and the right safety measure put in place. Don't take chances, make it safe for all.

Safety Alert - Injury Involving Overturned Dumper

Safety Alert - Damaged Apparatus

Damaged Apparatus! Don't Try and Fix It - Seek Help Immediately

Safety - Mini Digger Overturned

Leg and Ankle Injury caused by overturned mini digger

Safety Alert - Lorry loader stabilisers

Safety Alert - Ringway Hounslow Highways Slip, Trip, Fall – Multiple injuries

Safety Alert - Lost Time Injury - 7-day Ankle Injury

Safety Alert - Eurovia Roadstone – Fractured arm bone

Safety Alert - Drone Incident

Safety Alert - Sharps sticking upright

New powers for councils to keep cyclists safe

Street Manager Governance Group - Applications for 2026-27 members now open

A user governance group for Street Manager was formed in April 2020 with representatives from the industry to ensure that the Street Manager service continues to develop in line with user need.

Report on HAUC(UK) Communications Survey Oct 2025

Written by Julie Payne HAUC(UK) Communications Manager

Registration for the HAUC(UK) Convention is now Open

Register as a delegate for the 2026 HAUC(UK) Convention on Thursday 23rd April

Transport and Works Act orders: a brief guide

Outlines the procedures involved in applying for a Transport and Works Act order.

Call for Participants: HAUC(UK) User Focus Group

HAUC(UK) is inviting Tier 1 Contractors, Site Operatives and Traffic Management Operatives to participate in a new User Research Group that will help shape the future development of the HAUC App.

HAUC(UK) Newsletter

HAUC Pulse Issue 5

Improving local roads and highways - Statement from The Transport Secretary

The Right Honourable Heidi Alexander issues statement.

Potholes map rates council road repair progress

Drivers in England will be able to see how local authorities are tackling roads riddled with potholes via a new mapping tool and traffic light rating system.

Pavement Parking Consultation: Government Response

Announcing the publication of the government response to the consultation on pavement parking.

HAUC(UK)'s Co-Chair & Street Works UK CEO Clive Bairsto

On Sunday 4 January, BBC Radio 4 aired 'Highways to Hell', a documentary examining the importance of road and street works and the impacts of the resulting disruption.

Presentation on Guidance to the New Legislation Changes in England

The Department for Transport is changing legislation relating to street works in England from 5 January 2026.

Changes to Street Works Legislation from 5 January 2026

The Department for Transport is changing legislation relating to street works in England from 5 January 2026.

SI 2025/1074 - The Street and Road Works (Charges and Penalties) (Amendments) (England) Regulations 2025

Street and Road Works (Charges and Penalties) – What’s Changing in 2025?

HAUC(UK) Newsletter

HAUC Pulse Issue 4

National Highways launch their Winter T.R.I.P campaign

This season, we’re placing a spotlight on the ‘P’ for Prepare. As temperatures drop and conditions worsen, we’re encouraging drivers to get winter-ready before they set off – because a few simple checks can make all the different in keeping journeys safe and stress-free.

Faces of Street Works Campaign

HAUC(UK) in collaboration with Streetworks (UK) and WA Comms launched the HAUC(UK) Faces of Street Works Campaign.

National Highways launch their Autumn T.R.I.P campaign

The campaign is designed to help drivers remember key safety actions before setting off on long journeys, this one is focusing on the "I" for Inspect.

Digital traffic regulation orders D-TRO service - Guidance from the DfT (Department for Transport)

​Access the data from digital versions of traffic regulation orders via an API (application programming interface).

Stamp It Out: Stories from the frontline. A video on road worker abuse produced by Network Plus/GTM

Network Plus/GTM have produced a video featuring colleagues telling their own stories of experiencing abuse, aggression or violence during the course of their work.

HAUC(UK) Launch the Faces of Street Works Campaign

We’re thrilled to introduce Faces of Street Works, a new campaign from HAUC(UK) that shines a spotlight on the unsung heroes behind Britain’s vital infrastructure.

HAUC (UK) Communications Survey 2025

In 2023 we started our journey on improving the communications for HAUC (UK) by taking on a Communications Manager. This year we have also taken on a full time Community Support Assistant to ensure we can maintain our website, the HAUC app, our linked in page and now our facebook page, to ensure the sustainability of our Communications. This new survey will help sculpt our future communications, their method of delivery and ensure we are developing and providing the updates you need, thank you. The closing date is 31st October 2025.

HAUC(UK) Newsletter

HAUC Pulse Issue 3

HAUC App Guide

A Guide to getting started with the HAUC App – How to Download and Make the Most of Its Features

Street Manager Newsletter 55

Street Manager Newsletter 55

Transport for London (TFL) Temporary Traffic Management Handbook

This handbook sets out good practice for those involved with roadworks and other construction-related activities on TfL's road network (TLRN)

How To Reinstate A Road After Doing Street Works

The standards for reinstating streets after completing street works

Vacancy Hub

Explore job vacancies across the United Kingdom and find exciting career opportunities near you today.

HAUC(UK) Newsletter

HAUC Pulse Issue 2

HAUC(UK) Newsletter

HAUC Pulse Issue 1

HAUC England - Operational Guidance for Street Works Inspections

HAUC England - Operational Guidance for Street Works Inspections

Working Near The Railway

Advice from Network Rail

SROH - Electric Vehicle Addendum

Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways - Electric Vehicle Addendum

Road Worker Abuse Report

Road Worker Abuse Report 2023 - Survey Result

SROH 4th Edition is now available digitally on the HAUC(UK) App

England only

State Funeral of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

The funeral of Her Majesty The Queen, will take place on Monday, 19 September 2022 at 11am in Westminster Abbey, London.

HAUC(UK) and Transport for London on the 'Road to Net Zero'

HAUC(UK) and Transport for London (TfL) have combined forces to run and fund a research project to minimise the impact of street and road works on climate change.

Statutory guidance for highway authorities - Permit Scheme National Conditions

Clarification advice on site location within USRN

Advice in regards to a small number of issues and concerns around site location description within a USRN on a Permit application

The Highway Code

The Highway Code is essential reading for everyone.

The Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways 4th Edition (England)- An Overview of the Key Changes for Managers and Supervisors

A five-year Vision for Street and Road Works in the UK

DfT and transport NDPB organisational charts

Supercharging the future of driving this #WorldEVDay

Government accelerating pothole mapping project to support motorists and cyclists ahead of school return

Traffic Regulation Orders: identifying improvements to the legislative process in England

HS2 Independent Construction Commissioner

DfT and transport NDPB organisational charts

Street works permit schemes

Street works permit schemes conditions

Street Manager: Registration Requirements and Charges

How local authorities should enforce parking restrictions

Supplementary Guidance for the Safety at Street Works and Road Works: A Code of Practice 2013

SROH 4th Edition has been published

England and Wales only

HAUC App - New “How To” Video

A step‑by‑step video guide, created to help you get the most out of the HAUC App.

Safe For All

Considerations needed to ensure that road works and street works are set up to allow for different people use them safely