Catalogue description Welsh Office and predecessor: Roads Division: Registered Files (RD Series)

The files in this series were raised by the Roads Division of the Welsh Office after 1965. Many earlier papers from a number of series used both in the Ministry of Transport's main office in London or its regional office in Cardiff were put on the files which continued to be used for a number of years.

Most of the files deal with various aspects of particular road and bridge improvement schemes carried out by the division. They cover many aspects of Welsh roads including the determination of departmental policy, awarding contracts, the effects of land subsidence, the provision of relief and ring roads. Many refer to specific major road building projects. A number of files are concerned with the building and maintenance of bridges. There are also a few general policy files, mainly relating to road planning.

Related material concerning may be found among Ministry of Transport roads and highways files in:

MT 27

MT 39

MT 95

MT 105

MT 109

MT 139

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Divisional Road Engineers, Wales and Monmouthshire, 1953-1959

Ministry of Transport, Divisional Office, Wales, 1919-1941

Ministry of Transport, Divisional Road Engineers, Wales and Monmouthshire, 1946-1953

Ministry of Transport, Divisional Road Engineers, Wales and Monmouthshire, 1959-1965

Ministry of War Transport, Divisional Office, Wales, 1941-1946

Welsh Office, Roads Division, 1965-1976

From 1999 National Assembly for Wales

From 1992 Welsh Office