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The governning structure

Council office of the group

JAG(UK) Council

Officers of the group

  • CEO
  • Chair – appointed by agreement of the regional and national Chairs and serving for an agreed term, not normally less than two years
  • Vice-Chair and Chair elect – similarly appointed
  • Secretary
  • Communications Officer
  • The national Chairs of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland highway authority organisations
  • The Chairs, or nominated representative, of the English region organisations
  • The Highways Co-Chair of HAUC(UK)
  • The Chair of the Strategy and Research Group.
  • Ex officio: (retired members as agreed by the Council)
  • Chairs of Working Groups to report on their activities
  • Plus, by invitation: representatives of other authorities as appropriate, including the Highways Agency, Network Rail, National Traffic Manager's Forum, Department for Transport and the National Street Gazetteer (NSG)
  • Others, as agreed by the Governing Council.
View the JAG(UK) Council Terms of Reference
Council relationships

JAG(UK) Council

Our relationship with HAUC(UK) and Street Works UK

JAG(UK) representatives at every level contribute to the work of the highway authorities and utilities developing efficient collaboration with utility works promoters to reduce traffic disruption from operations. JAG(UK) is represented at HAUC(UK) by the three national chairs, two English regional chairs and the JAG Chair and Vice-Chair.

The Secretary provides assistance to the Highways side of HAUC(UK) and also attends. Position papers and guidance notes adopted by the highway authorities' organisations are offered to HAUC(UK) at the equivalent organisational level, as the basis for adopting agreed guidance. Members also provide the highway side input to HAUC(UK) working groups. As well as working with the utilities on shared guidance and codes, the regional and national authority organisations contribute to dispute resolution and assist in interpreting the Codes of Practice in the real context of local operations.

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Sarah Widdows

Permit Scheme Manager (Projects), Norfolk County Council

Sarah is Permit Scheme Manager (Projects) for Norfolk County Council. Previously Street Works and Permitting Manager for Cambridgeshire County Council and prior to that Roadspace Management Manager for Buckinghamshire County Council. Sarah has had 20+ years working in the industry. Sarah is also JAG(UK) Strategy Group Chair, Permit Authority Group Chair and was Anglian JAG Chair for over eight years. Sarah is Highway Authority Chair on the Street Manager Governance Group.

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Sam Guiver

JAG(UK) Vice Chair

Sam has gained a vast amount of experience and knowledge from his various roles within local government at Essex County Council, as well as further gaining experience from his time working as a statutory undertaker within the telecommunications industry before returning to a highway authority as a senior manager within the Growth, Highways, and Infrastructure directorate at Suffolk County Council. He currently head up the Network Assurance Business Unit which operates the wider Network Management functions within Suffolk. Sam has served as the Anglian Joint Authority Group (AJAG) Chair and Co-Chair of the Anglian HAUC since 2020.

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Phil Cameron

JAG (UK) Community Manager

Phil joined GeoPlace in late 2024 in a newly created role as JAG( UK) Community Manager, this role is there to bolster the service JAG (UK) provides to Council’s across the UK, with the aim of helping the industry learn from the good practice that is happening everyday on the highway network. Phil is co-chair of the Safety Code review working group, he also chairs the performance and communications working group, sits on HAUC England and HAUC UK. He has recently left his role as chair of South West JAG and co-chair of South West HAUC after 17 years service. Phil is keen to create working relationships that drive improvement whilst allowing works promoters to carry out their essential works on the highway.

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David Latham

HAMP PROJECT MANAGER - KENT COUNTY COUNCIL

David has more than 40 years experience in Municipal and Highway Engineering. This started in 1972 when he joined Essex County Council as a trainee highway technician before moving to District Councils and municipal engineering, working on many diverse projects. In 1983 David moved to Kent, joining the Canterbury Highway Unit Projects Team where he qualified as an Incorporated Engineer and became a member of the ICE. He delivered a variety of schemes including highway reconditioning, pedestrianisation, Seafront regeneration, Park and ride sites and consultancy for wind power companies. Many of these projects won awards. Whilst at Canterbury he worked with Kent County Council, and The HSE on Health and safety issues particularly CDM and manual handling. In 2005 David joined Kent County Council and moved into Streetworks. Kent is the first County to implement a Permit Scheme and one of only two authorities piloting Lane Rental. David has chaired SEJAG (South East Joint Authorities Group), and joint chaired of SEHAUC (South East Highway Authorities and Utilities Committee). David was Joint Chair of HAUC England for many years standing down in April 2022 and is currently a Non Executive director of JAG UK.