Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Highways General (HG Series) Files

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Details of MT 127
Reference: MT 127
Title: Transport Ministries: Highways General (HG Series) Files
Description:

This series of registered files deal with the acquisition and management of land required for trunk roads, with the confirmation of orders made by local authorities for compulsory purchase for road purposes, with policy relating to ferries connecting classified roads. Some files relate to the
Date: 1946-1977
Separated material:

Some files from this series have been re-registered into the TPRA series in:

MT 187
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HG Series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Highways Development Division, 1955-1959

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Highways General Division, 1955-1956
Physical description: 118 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 2006 Department for Transport

from 1985 Department of Transport
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Highways General Division was formed in March 1955 when, as part of a reorganisation of the Highways Administration Group, the Highways Development and General Division was split into two divisions.

The Division was responsible for the acquisition and management of land required for trunk roads; for the confirmation by the Minister, of orders made by local authorities for the compulsory purchase of land for highway purposes and of orders made by local authorities under the Special Roads Act 1949; for general policy relating to ferries connecting classified roads and for contributions towards surveyors' salaries under section 17(2) of the Ministry of Transport Act 1919; for orders made by the Minister reducing the status of county roads; and of appeals arising from disputes between county councils and other local authorities. It was responsible for any stopping up orders administered by the Ministry of Transport.

In June 1956 the Division was dissolved under a further reorganisation of the Group and its functions were distributed amongst the new divisions formed.

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