Highway management

Highway management is a key responsibility of local government; councils need to balance environmental concerns with the need to keep traffic moving.

Key issues

You may identify with some of the following:

• Traffic congestion is increasing.
• Roads are deteriorating more quickly due to higher volumes of transport.
• National road pricing is now off the political agenda for the forseeable future.
• Using traffic calming measures and safety cameras is contentious with sections of the general public.
• Health and saftety of council road crews needs to be assured.

Geographic information can address many of these, delivering:

• a common referencing framework
• detailed information about the local road network
• a framework for setting priorities and reporting results
• visual information that road crews can understand at a glance
• easier remote people and asset management

Case studies

Managing Oxfordshire's road network

Oxfordshire has seen higher than average traffic growth and, to manage traffic levels and improve the road network, its county council uses the Integrated Transport Layer of OS MasterMap as the prime source for all its street data.

Our offering

OS MasterMap® Topography Layer

Our flagship large-scale, polygonised and seamless topographic database product, it offers clear and customisable on-screen mapping, plus the facility to overlay your own data.

OS MasterMap® Integrated Transport Network™ Layer

An accurate, detailed and up-to-date digital map of Great Britain’s road structure, it shows all navigable roads across Great Britain and route information such as width, weight and height restrictions that will assist your drivers' choice of route.

OS Mastermap Address Layer 2

Containing the precise coordinates of over 29 million residential and commercial properties in Great Britain, as well as structures without postal addresses, this provides the most accurate and up-to-date link between any address and its location.

Our partners

You will need specialist software, often referred to as a geographical information system (GIS), to gain maximum benefit from our data products. Our partners provide services ranging from licensing off-the-shelf software right through to building you a bespoke solution that embeds our products.

Interested? Please get in touch

We'd like to discuss your geographical information needs in greater detail. In the first instance, please email us and we'll suggest how to take this forward.