Coordination of Road Works

WQ.126/2026

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMITÉ DES CONNÉTABLES BY DEPUTY L.V. FELTHAM OF ST. HELIER CENTRAL

QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 6th JULY 2026

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 12th JULY 2026

Question

"Will the Chair advise how the Parishes coordinate works, closures and traffic-management arrangements on Parish roads with Government and neighbouring Parishes, particularly where it is anticipated changes to one-way systems or diversions may increase congestion on nearby roads?"

Answer

The Road Works and Events (Jersey) Law 2016 (Part 2 – Duties on Highway Authorities and on Persons carrying out works) details the general duties of a highway authority in relation to road management and the general duty on persons carrying out roadworks.

Article 9 sets out the general duty of highway authority in relation to road management which includes:

• Using its best endeavours to manage the network of roads for which it is responsible to secure the expeditious movement of traffic on its road network; and

• to facilitate the expeditious movement of traffic on roads for which another highway authority is responsible. •

• To have particular regard to: the need to minimise the inconvenience to persons using the road (having regard, in particular, to the needs of people with a disability), including inconvenience caused by the frequency of different works or events taking place in the same road or vicinity; and

• the impact of any works on events or other works, and events on any works or other events.

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• The duty extends to co-ordination and consultation with another highway authority where any works in, or events in or in the vicinity of, a road for which the highway authority is responsible affect a road for which the other highway authority is responsible.

This is achieved using the Government of Jersey Trafficworx portal to co-ordinate and consult on road works and events being planned.

The Parishes also participate in the Jersey Utility & Road Authority Forum (JURAF) meetings arranged by the Infrastructure, Housing and Environment (IHE) Department, Government of Jersey, and which also include utility companies (such as Jersey Gas, Jersey Electricity, Jersey Water and Jersey Telecom), IHE Drainage, IHE Highways and Coastal and the Operations & Transport Department representatives. The link to the Government of Jersey managed Trafficworx website is provided here: Road information map and the site provides planned island road information to the public as follows:

• Road ownership: whether roads are owned by the Government of Jersey, the Parishes or by private owners.

• Road resurfacing & embargoes: featuring planned resurface works, embargoes and last resurfaced dates.

• Road works: road closures, diversions, one way traffic and single line traffic.