The Experimental Traffic Order (ETRO) process
An Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) is a legal mechanism used to introduce trial changes to the layout of a road for a limited period of 18 months.
The legal power to use an ETRO comes from the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Council follows the process set out in The Local Authorities Traffic Orders (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1999.
From 9 October 2023 until 8 April 2024, any member of the public or organisation was able to make comments about the trial measures in the ETRO.
The Scottish Government process for ETROs states that a public consultation must run for six months and begin when the ETRO starts. We have monitored the effects of the changes throughout the trial period.
Full information is available in our report to Councillors at the Traffic Orders Sub-Committee in February 2025. At that committee a decision was made to make trial measures introduced under the ETRO permanent.
