Wirral Council has been on CausewayOne Network since 2016, using the platform to coordinate roadworks, plan traffic management, and communicate disruptions across the borough. Despite commissioning full high-definition network condition surveys every one to two years, the council had no digital TRO records at all. "All our orders were written in text version. Nothing was done by a map," says David Kirk, Senior Assistant Engineer at Wirral Council.
The council's earliest TRO data sat on Ordnance Survey maps, later transferred to AutoCAD, but neither had been updated since 2003. Paper records dating back to the 1930s and 1940s remained in the Town Hall vault — "literally thousands, and they're not digitised." With D-TRO legislation requiring all new permanent TROs to be digitised and submitted to the DfT, that gap needed to close.
The council evaluated alternative providers and chose Causeway, bringing temporary and permanent TRO management together under a single provider.
"From my perspective, it's all about efficiency. The council's going through a significant phase in budget savings. From what I've seen of ParkMap, a lot of it's music to my ears. It's perfect for what I can see visually, what we need."
— Jim Gibbins, Senior Network Manager, Wirral Council
What Wirral now has in place
With Causeway ParkMap added to its existing CausewayOne Network solution, Wirral can now manage both temporary and permanent TROs. The council's renewed and expanded package covers:
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CausewayOne Network’s TTRO Hub for D-TRO compliance for temporary orders, plus Map, Network Monitor, Traffic Replay and Live Link.
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Causeway ParkMap to digitise and manage all permanent TROs, with audit trails, schedule generation, map schedules and moving traffic order support.
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TRO data visible within CausewayOne Network. Once ParkMap is live, permanent TRO data will surface as a map layer within CausewayOne Network, giving coordination teams a single view of permanent restrictions alongside 90+ other operational datasets covering streetworks, permits, Section 58 restrictions, public transport and events.
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Causeway SignPlot and LineMap for TSRGD-compliant sign and road marking design within ParkMap, removing the need for separate CAD software.
- TraffWeb Public Consultation to publish proposed orders online and collect public feedback as part of statutory consultations.
"It's very impressive. The moving traffic orders, the signage — it clearly shows where everything is, and it's easy for people to understand," shares David. "That's really positive."
What’s next
Causeway ParkMap is being provisioned now and once live, Wirral will begin digitising new permanent TROs straight away to meet the DfT's initial D-TRO requirements. Our Traffic Order Consultancy team have started working with the council for a full network digitisation and TRO consolidation programme, covering data conversion, street validation surveys and order-making.
As CausewayOne Network and ParkMap continue to integrate within the CausewayOne platform, the value of what Wirral has in place today will continue to grow.
About Causeway
Causeway provides software for the built environment, used by over 3,000 customers including more than 200 local authorities across the UK. CausewayOne Network helps highway authorities, works promoters, and transport operators plan, communicate, and analyse every road event. ParkMap, part of the Causeway family since the acquisition of Buchanan Computing in 2024, provides end-to-end management of permanent traffic regulation orders. Together, they form the only fully proven D-TRO-compliant solution covering both temporary and permanent TROs.
Interested in how CausewayOne Network and ParkMap can help your authority digitise traffic regulation orders and meet D-TRO requirements? Get in touch today.
