The 11 local traffic authorities in Yorkshire will aim to implement the network management duty ‘in a consistent manner’, under a new framework prepared with consultant Mouchel Parkman. The development of a Yorkshire-wide common road hierarchy, and of meaningful performance indicators, are two areas being taken forward by the Yorkshire traffic managers’ group, chaired by John Lashmar of ~Sheffield City Council~. He said drawing up the framework ‘has enabled us to share good practice’.