[OSM-talk] Highway tags and other junk

[matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk]

On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 05:17:38PM +0000, Ben Robbins wrote:
> >[1] See, e.g. https://www.csduk.com/CSD/RoadworksBulletinBoard.htm, as a 
> >list of works for Suffolk County Council.

> These must be super rare because I have never seen a streetsign for one, or 
> any on any maps that we are able to copy.  I would be interested to know if 
> C123 is the name of the ref of the road.

They don't get put on maps generally, nor on roadsigns. Yes, Cnnn or Unnn is the
ref for the road.

You will sometimes find them in notices from the county council. Suffolk do
publish them in works notices. Leicestershire, from what I have seen, tend not
to.

They are allocated at county level, not by central government.

-- 
Matthew