Highway design guidelines or standards - Find a freedom of information request

Q1) What highway design guidelines or standards does the council use and where?

Q2) If the council has its own documented / published highway design guidelines and/or standards, please provide a link or an electronic copy thereof.

Q3) How does the council classify its road / street network?

Q4) For the following aspects of Manual for Streets and Manual for Streets 2, please select the most appropriate option:

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1.

Road / street type	Council’s own highway guidelines	Council’s own highway standards	DMRB1	Manual for Streets	Manual for Streets 2	Other (please specify)
Arterial road	x	x	x
Distributor / connector road	x	x	x	x	x
Relief / ring road	x	x	x
Avenue / boulevard	x	x		x	x
High / main street	x	x		x	x
Mixed-use street	x	x		x	x

Road / street type	Council’s own highway guidelines	Council’s own highway standards	DMRB1	Manual for Streets	Manual for Streets 2	Other (please specify)
Residential street	x	x		x	x
Rural roads and lanes	x	x		x	x
Village street	x	x		x	x

2. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/highways-planning

3.

Arterial, distributor / connector, access / local (or similar) - YES

Avenue, main street, high street, mixed-use, residential, mews (or similar) -YES

Other, please specify:

Both, in different contexts

4. Please find attached tables

Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.

FOI 12434989

14/05/25

06/06/25