Access onto the Highway: Standards and Guidance: Document Approval

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A decision made 6 September 2019

Decision Reference: MD-T-2019-0048
Decision Summary Title :	Access onto the Highway – Standards and Guidance		Date of Decision Summary:	03 September 2019
Decision Summary Author:	Senior Transport Planner		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Access onto the Highway – Standards and Guidance		Date of Written Report:	03 September 2019
Written Report Author:	Senior Transport Planner		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: To approve the document ‘Access onto the Highway – Standards and Guidance’ for publication on the gov.je website.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the document ‘Access onto the Highway – Standards and Guidance’ for publication on the gov.je website and for the document to be used as the basis for officer responses to developments and planning applications.
Reason(s) for Decision: To ensure works which are carried out on, below or adjacent to the public highway are carried out to the Department’s specifications.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: Officers to arrange to upload the technical document onto gov.je
Signature:		Position: Minister for Infrastructure
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):