Highways England

Motorway at night

Easter motorway shutdown: it’ll pay t...

Mar 29, 2023Comments off

Motorists who choose evening travel to avoid heavy traffic risk hitting Easter holiday traffic hell, experts have warned.    The big Easter getaway begins in

smart motorways

Safety on the Strategic Road Network is imp...

Dec 20, 2022Comments off

The Office of Rail and Road says National Highways is on course to achieve its overall safety target for the Strategic Road Network in England.

M4 motorway upgrade enters final stages

Jul 11, 2022Comments off

The M4 motorway upgrade will enter its final stage this week, with a new fourth lane and extra road safety features opening between junctions 3

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National Highways completes complex concret...

Jul 05, 2022Comments off

A National Highways engineer has spoken of her pride at delivering a complex £1.5m repair programme to the concrete foundations of the M6 in Birmingham.

M3 Motorway

ORR beefs up scrutiny of National Highways&...

May 05, 2022Comments off

National Highways must provide high quality, detailed plans for how it will operate, maintain, and improve the Strategic Road Network between 2025 and 2030, says

Stolen Laptop Reconstruction

Cyber fears as Highways England lose 125 el...

Apr 11, 2022Comments off

Highways England, the public body in charge of maintaining and improving motorways and major roads in England, has misplaced over one hundred key devices, including

The Queen Elizabeth II bridge at Dartford c...

Nov 04, 2021Comments off

Built at a cost of £120m and officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in October 1991 it was the first bridge to be

Majority of drivers think all-lane-running ...

Sep 16, 2021Comments off

Six in 10 drivers (62%) think that all-lane-running smart motorway schemes should be scrapped entirely and the hard shoulder reinstated, while retaining the technology that

Campaigners win court fight to block Stoneh...

Aug 02, 2021Comments off

Campaigners have won a court battle to block the £1.7bn construction of a road tunnel near Stonehenge. Mr Justice Holgate has ruled that a decision

M20 Operation Brock contraflow to be deacti...

Jul 30, 2021Comments off

Details of work to deactivate the moveable concrete barrier on the M20 in Kent, have been confirmed today by Highways England. The barrier will be