Catalogue description Ministry of Transport, Traffic Signs Committee

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Reference: MT 116
Title: Ministry of Transport, Traffic Signs Committee
Description:

This series consists of minutes of meetings and circulated papers of the Traffic Signs Committee, which was appointed in 1961 to review traffic signs on all-purpose roads, and which reported in 1963. The Committee was assisted by a Ministry of Transport Working Party (which included representatives from the Road Research Laboratory) and their minutes and papers will also be found in this series.
Date: 1961-1963
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Transport, Traffic Signs Committee, 1961-1963
Physical description: 17 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 1982 Department of Transport
Publication note:

Report of the Committee on All Purpose Roads, HMSO 1963
Administrative / biographical background:

The Traffic Signs Committee under the Chairmanship of Sir Walter Worboys was appointed in December 1961 to review traffic signs on all-purpose roads (as distinct from motorways) including roads in urban areas, and to recommend what changes should be made. The Committee was assisted by a departmental working party of the Ministry of Transport which included representatives from the Road Research Laboratory. The working party carried out detailed field work and research and submitted working papers to the Committee.

The report together with recommendations was submitted to the Minister of Transport and the Secretary of State for Scotland on 18 April 1963 and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

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