FOI request detail

Road Traffic Signs

Request ID: FOI-1253-2021
Date published: 26 October 2020

You asked

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 could you please provide me with the following information: Number of Road Traffic Signs in all the London Boroughs for 2018/19 I have contacted the councils direct and have been informed that you hold the details for number of signs Define road traffic signs - those included in the Traffic Signs Regulation & General Directions Regulation

We answered

Our ref: FOI-1253-2021

Thank you for your request received on 1 October 2020 asking for information about road traffic signs.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our Information Access Policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you requested. You asked:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 could you please provide me with the following information:

Number of Road Traffic Signs in all the London Boroughs for 2018/19

There are currently 65,273 signs on the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN) which are included in the Traffic Signs Regulation and General Directions Regulation.

Please note that the data is taken from our asset management system and as this is a live system we can only provide the number as it is today. We are not able to provide retrospective numbers.

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Yours sincerely,

Melissa Nichols

FOI Case Officer

General Counsel

Transport for London

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