West Sussex - First New Lane Rental Scheme

Swift Argent has been awarded the contract to prepare the first Lane Rental Scheme in England. West Sussex County Council has embarked on developing the first scheme following the trails in Transport for London (TfL) and Kent County Council . TfL and Kent have been operating lane rental successfully on parts of their road network since 2012 and 2013. 

Primary legislation for lane rental is already in place in section 74A of NRSWA. The relevant regulations are the Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (England) Regulations 2012 ("the Regulations") made under Section 74A of NRSWA. 

Section 74A of NRSWA enables highway authorities, with the approval of the Secretary of State, to charge street works undertakers a daily charge for each day during which their works occupy the highway – commonly referred to as “lane rental”.