9.4.1.1
The release of DTF8.1 introduced a new type 17 Highway Dedication Record. This replaced ‘street classification’ with Highway Dedication, linking it to each individual ESU, rather than the USRN. Each ESU link also provides the Highway Dedication definition of which type of Highway user has access to that section of the Highway.
9.4.1.2
The list of Highway Dedication types in Table 9 groups all Highways into one of 8 types:
2
Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT)
4
Pedestrian way or footpath
6
Cycle Track or Cycle Way
8
All Vehicles
9
Restricted byway
10
Bridleway
11
Motorway
12
Neither 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 nor 11
Table 9 – Highway Dedication Codes
9.4.1.4
The Highway Dedication code descriptions conform to the legal categories of a Highway as defined in the Highways Act 1980 and the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
9.4.1.5
The following specific indicators in the Highway Dedication Record identify whether or not for an ESU there is a valid:
- PRoW – HD_PROW
- NCR – HD_NCR
- Quiet Route – HD_QUIET_ROUTE
- Physical Obstruction – HD_OBSTRUCTION
- Planning Order – HD_PLANNING_ORDER
- Vehicular traffic prohibited by a Traffic Regulation Order / Traffic Management Order (Greater London only) – HD_WORKS_PROHIBITED
Note: This Field does not prohibit works. The Field name will be changed to HD_VEHICLES_PROHIBITED in a future version of DTF8.1.
9.4.1.6
Quiet Route is a general term, used in various ways by different Local Highway Authorities. It includes Quiet Lanes (a legal designation to preserve the rural character of a lane, under Section 268, Transport Act 2000) and various types of low traffic routes informally designated by the LHA, for example, for cycling purposes.