Rejected petition Tighter Regulation of emergency Roadworks Traffic Management

There are countless examples where traffic management (e.g. traffic signals and lane closures) are put out on busy, congested roads, but no work is taking place or it is off the main carriageway. There should be a requirement to remove TM where works have stopped or are off the main carriageway.

More details

Traffic Management (TM) companies are faceless organisations that appear to be unaccountable to anyone. Roadworks are regulated by the councils, but emergency works appear to be out of control. Roadworks that do not affect a carriageway should be cleared allowing traffic to ease. There are countless examples where a TM operative is on site and sitting in a closed lane that could be opened to traffic with TM put back out when works resume. There is a lack of common sense by TM companies.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This is the responsibility of local councils and individual traffic management companies.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 18 November 2025
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.