Section 41(1A) – "a highway authority is under a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that safe passage along a highway is not endangered by snow or ice." Under the Highways Act 1980 (England and Wales): What are the legal duties on clearing snow and ice from roads? The Highways Agency covers motorways and major A roads, while Transport for London covers arterial trunk roads in London. England and Wales has 174 highways authorities and they grit on average 41 per cent of their roads. Highways authorities (county, unitary, metropolitan and London borough councils) are responsible for nine out of every 10 miles of road – about 225,000 miles throughout the UK.
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