Streetworks intelligence for UK highway authorities
The intelligence layer on top of Street Manager
Street Manager and your permit system move permits through a workflow. HighwayIQ works out what they mean together: which works clash, which break a Section 58 restriction, which are overrunning, and what that costs.
- BlockingAB123-0045-01Inside a Section 58 restriction, in force until 14/03/2027
- HighCD456-2210-02Road closure on the same street as another promoter, overlapping dates
- MediumEF789-0911-01Primary school 40 m away, works during drop-off hours
- LowGH012-3300-01Prior approval application nearby, dates not yet confirmed
The problem
Coordinators see permits one at a time. The risk lies in how they combine.
Clashes are found late
Two promoters on the same street in the same week, or a closure on a bus corridor during another job. These clashes are often spotted only once the cones are out.
New surfaces get dug up
Section 58 restrictions protect resurfaced streets, but checking every permit against the register by hand doesn’t keep up with volume.
Overrun charges go unclaimed
S74 charges of up to £10,000 a day exist to keep works on time. Spotting overruns in spreadsheets means many are never charged.
What HighwayIQ does
Three things your coordinators get on day one
Clash detection and triage
Every permit is checked against all live works, Section 58 restrictions, protected routes, schools, hospitals and bus stops. The result is a ranked queue with a reason and next action for each item.
Clash detection →Section 58 protection
Permits whose works area intersects a live restriction are flagged as Blocking and placed in an alert queue with a full audit trail.
Section 58 →S74 overrun exposure
Overruns are detected as they happen and priced by road category and traffic sensitivity. You see what is outstanding, by promoter and by road.
S74 overruns →The business case
Designed to pay for itself
A medium-sized authority can carry £150,000 to £500,000 a year in theoretical S74 overrun liability. If HighwayIQ helps recover even a third of the charges that are missed today, a Standard subscription from £12,000 a year is covered several times over.
Illustrative estimate only, not a customer result. Actual recovery depends on your authority’s size, road mix and enforcement policy. How S74 exposure is calculated.
Validated in live use
HighwayIQ is in daily use by the streetworks team at a county unitary authority. It runs alongside their existing permit system on live Street Manager data.
Ask about a pilotSee it on your own network
We will load your authority’s live Street Manager data and walk through clashes, S58 and S74 exposure with your coordinators.