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

, a trunk road agent, (), 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 (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 ...

s) in their respective areas on behalf of the

Welsh Government The Welsh Government ( ) is the Executive (government), executive arm of the Welsh devolution, devolved government of Wales. The government consists of Cabinet secretary, cabinet secretaries and Minister of State, ministers. It is led by the F ...

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; ) 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 Government. A merger of two trunk road agencies, establis ...

(NMWTRA; ), which covers the principal areas 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; ) 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 April 2006 as the ''South Wale ...

(SWTRA; ), which covers the principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot (lead authority), Newport, Pembrokeshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, and the 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 (NH), formerly Highways England and before that the Highways Agency, is a State-owned enterprise, government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving Roads in England, motorways and major A roads in Eng ...

, the

National Highways traffic officer National Highways traffic officers, previously Highways England traffic officers (20152021) and Highways Agency traffic officers (HATO 20042015), are employed by National Highways in England. They are a civilian service who respond to both e ...

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. Tr ...

Road transport in Wales