Membership and terms of reference

The UK Bridges Board is tasked with:

• developing and promulgating best practice on technical, financial, administrative and operational matters relating to the sustainable construction, maintenance, availability, safety and use of highways bridges, tunnels and other civil engineering structures, taking into account the different circumstances that may arise in the four UK countries and in urban and rural areas; and
  
• providing a source of advice to UKRLG, government departments, local authority associations and professional bodies across the UK on best practice and priorities for research, within the context of the wider transport picture.

The Board is chaired by Richard Fish (Cornwall County Council) and has the following members:

Greg Perks (Northumberland County Council), representing the County Surveyors' Society Bob Flitcroft (Lancashire County Council), representing the County Surveyors' Society David Mackenzie (Highland Council), representing the Society of Chief Officers of Transport in Scotland (SCOTS)
Dave Ambrose (Neath Port Talbot Council), representing the Welsh Association of Technical Officers (WATO)
Alan Dray , representing Network Rail
Awtar Jandu, representing the Highways Agency
John Collins, representing the Welsh Assembly Government
Ronny Wilson, representing the Northern Ireland Roads Service
Bill Valentine, representing the Scottish Executive
David Yeoell (Westminster City Council), representing the London Bridge Engineers Group (LoBEG)
Paul Long (London Borough of Hillingdon) representing the London Bridge Engineers Group (LoBEG)
Dana Skelley, representing Transport for London
Rod Howe, representing British Waterways
Jim Moriarty, representing London Underground Ltd
Graham Cole (Surrey County Council), representing the County Surveyors' Society
Ian Holmes and Paul Foskett, representing the DfT's Regional and Local Transport Strategy and Funding Division