Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

, a trunk road agent, ( cy, Asiant Cefnffyrdd), is a partnership between two or more county and/or county borough councils for the purposes of managing, maintaining, and improving the network of

trunk roads in Wales Trunk roads in Wales ( cy, cefnffyrdd yng Nghymru) were created in the Trunk Roads Act of 1936 when the UK Ministry of Transport took direct control over 30 of the principal roads in Great Britain from English, Welsh and Scottish local authoriti ...

(including any

motorway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...

s) in their respective areas on behalf of the

Welsh Government The Welsh Government ( cy, Llywodraeth Cymru) is the Welsh devolution, devolved government of Wales. The government consists of ministers and Minister (government), deputy ministers, and also of a Counsel General for Wales, counsel general. Minist ...

Agents

During 2005 to 2006 three trunk road agents were established to replace the previous eight, they were the North Wales Trunk Road Agent, the Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent and the South Wales Trunk Road Agent. On 1 April 2012 these were reduced still further to two: *The

North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent The North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent (NMWTRA; cy, Asiant Cefnffyrdd Gogledd a Chanolbarth Cymru) is one of the two trunk road agents in Wales. It is responsible for managing trunk roads in North and Mid Wales on behalf of the Welsh Governm ...

(NMWTRA), ( cy, Asiant Cefnffyrdd Gogledd a Chanolbarth Cymru), which covered the counties of Anglesey, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd (Lead Authority), Powys, and Wrexham. *The

South Wales Trunk Road Agent The South Wales Trunk Road Agent (SWTRA; cy, Asiant Cefnffyrdd De Cymru) is one of the two trunk road agents in Wales. It is responsible for managing motorways and trunk roads in South Wales on behalf of the Welsh Government. Established on 1 ...

(SWTRA), ( cy, Asiant Cefnffyrdd De Cymru), which covered the counties of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot (Lead Authority), Newport, Pembrokeshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf , Swansea, Torfaen, and Vale of Glamorgan.

Traffic officers

Welsh Government traffic officers are civilian staff employed by the trunk road agents on behalf of the

, as a means to ease traffic congestion on major trunk roads in Wales. Their role and powers are similar to their English counterparts working for

National Highways National Highways, formerly the Highways Agency and later Highways England, is a State-owned enterprise, government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving Roads in England, motorways and major A roads in England. It al ...

, the

National Highways traffic officer National Highways traffic officers, previously Highways Agency traffic officer (HATO), are a part of National Highways. In April 2004, Highways Agency traffic officers began working alongside police on motorways in the West Midlands. The n ...

References

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North and Mid Wales Trunk Road AgentSouth Wales Trunk Road Agent
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trunk Road Agency Government of Wales Law enforcement occupations in the United Kingdom

traffic management Traffic management is a key branch within logistics. It concerns the planning control and purchasing of transport services needed to physically move vehicles (for example aircraft, road vehicles, rolling stock and watercraft) and freight. Traffic ...

Road transport in Wales