1. Road Network Contingency Planning

2. FTA introduction – The Resilience Review The recommendations and importance to the strategic road network The Highways Agency – The move to the New Co. – Importance of a resilient network – Specific requirements from the Resilience Revue Interactive exercise and wash up

3. Transport Resilience Review Set up by the SoS for transport to cover last winters flooding and high winds. Richard Brown CBE led the review supported by John Curley and Brian Smith, and by a team seconded from the Department for Transport as well as individuals from the Highways Agency, Network Rail and the Met Office Made 63 recommendations to Government with include some to the Highways Agency as well as to Network Rail the Met Office, Environmental Agency and to local highway authorities.

4. Transport Resilience Review Freight issues for the DfT – Asset management – Benchmarks for financial settlements on infrastructure bodies – Identify single points of failure – Identify a critical network – Land owner responsibility – Resilience planning for extreme weather events

5. Transport Resilience Review Freight Issues for the Highways Agency – Consult with FTA on proposals to restrict vulnerable vehicles from exposed sections of the network – Work with Met Office on wind forecasts – Flooding Assessment – Wording of messages on VMS – Top level indicators on network condition

6. Transport Resilience Review Freight issues for local highway authorities – Learn from winter events – Criteria for consistency of highway repairs Freight issues for Network Rail – Focus on slope stabilisation technology – Management of vegetation – Neighbouring property condition – Work with Met Office on forecast granularity