CONCERNS OVER THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY (HA) fared
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even worse than Vosa in the Transport Select Committee report, which says: The agency has no grip on the costs of its major road projects; is managing a property portfolio it should not possess from expensive offices it should not be using; has only a limited idea what some of its staff are actually doing; and has failed to build a constructive dialogue with local communities over road planning."
Concerns include the HA's inability to give a dear picture of the administrative work it dames out or to provide the committee with relevant information within prescribed deadlines.
The MPs are "shocked" by reports that Traffic Officers have little access to information technology and are working in poor conditions. They describe a statement by HA chief executive, Archie Robertson,
that he does not recognise the unions' concerns as -particularly alarming".
A OfT spokeswoman says the department is already commissioning an independent review of the HA's approach to cost estimation and project management.