Road Building & Repairs
Summer washout see pothole incidents at the...
Motorists have been warned that the risk to life because of potholes is now severe, as new figures reveal UK roads are in the worst
Wet July sees pothole breakdowns up a fifth...
A month of exceptional rainfall saw pothole related breakdowns rise by a fifth this July compared to July 2022, according to the AA Pothole Index*.
A47 road schemes in Norfolk given go-ahead
Three multi-million-pound road schemes aimed at improving safety and reducing journey times around Norwich are a step closer after a judge upheld the original decisions
Plans for new smart motorways abandoned, re...
A media report claims that the Government has scrapped plans to introduce any new smart motorways, over fears about safety and cost. In January 2022,
Easter motorway shutdown: it’ll pay t...
Motorists who choose evening travel to avoid heavy traffic risk hitting Easter holiday traffic hell, experts have warned. The big Easter getaway begins in
Free ‘Toolbox Talks’ for van dr...
Following the runaway success of its free, multi award-winning Van Driver Toolkit, National Highways has a series of “Toolbox Talks” – short, easy to follow
National Highways launches HGV blindspot sa...
National Highways has launched a new safety campaign, amid concerns about drivers’ awareness of heavy goods vehicle ‘blind spots’ when overtaking. Car and van drivers
New electric vehicles help National Highway...
National Highways is continuing to super-charge its drive to cut carbon emissions with 307 state-of-the-art zero-emission and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) joining its fleet.
Pothole-related breakdowns leap during last...
RAC patrols attended nearly a quarter (23%) more breakdowns where potholes were likely to blame in the last three months of 2022 compared to the
National Highways launches mobile tyre-mana...
One in five breakdowns on the strategic road network (SRN) is caused by tyre failure: that’s 50,000 tyre-related breakdowns every year. And 30% of those
