00642 Verges Booklet - Devon County Council

(iii) Road Maintenance Categories
Much of the Devon Road Network (DRN) has a road structure totally
unsuited to the weight and volumes of traffic now carried and there is
a continuing problem in keeping pace with deterioration on all classes
of road. To address the difficulties in an objective way the County
Council has adopted the principle that standards of maintenance
should have regard to the volume and type of traffic using particular
roads, and has assigned maintenance categories accordingly.
Road Maintenance Categories that appear in the text of this booklet
are defined in table 1.1 below: -
Devon Road
Network
Function
Maintenance
Category
Rural Urban
1. Motorway Responsibility of the Responsibility of the Highways
National Highways Agency Agency
2. Primary National Responsibility of the Responsibility of the Highways
(Trunk) Highways Agency Agency
3. Primary National National strategic routes for through and long
(County) distance travel.
4. Primary County Main County routes connecting principal
settlements.
5. Secondary Main access routes to large settlements and
County recreational areas.
6. Local Distributor Access routes to smaller settlements and
recreational attractions.
7. Collector Road Access routes to Industrial main collector roads
small villages and - through routes. *Residential
other significant collector roads.Access to
generators schools, hospital, facilities for
the disabled, main shopping
areas, libraries, car parks and
tourist attractions. Heavy
pedestrians shared surfaces.