Road Building & Repairs

Safety Camera

More police forces join National Highways t...

Feb 23, 2024Comments off

A trial of new mobile technology which can automatically detect motorists who are not wearing a seatbelt or using mobile phones while driving is being

Pothole Robot

Robot uses AI technology to prevent pothole...

Jan 29, 2024Comments off

The world’s first pothole-preventing robot, which could revolutionise the way potholes are dealt with, is to be tested on roads in Hertfordshire. The autonomous robot,

Acklea traffic management vehicles

Acklea adds plastic light board and tail li...

Jan 18, 2024Comments off

Acklea has introduced two new lightweight options to its 7.2t traffic management vehicle range: a 500kg tail lift and a plastic LP13 light arrow board

EVK JCB Fanum House

Shock figures show pothole damage at record...

Jan 15, 2024Comments off

A new partnership has been launched today (15 January) between road users and industry to help tackle the scourge of potholes as shock new figures

National Highways traffic officer Gaye Bayliss

National Highways teams working this Christ...

Dec 18, 2023Comments off

National Highways teams are gearing up to make sure motorists heading home for Christmas don’t end up “top to toe in tailbacks”, with “red lights

Cracked road surface

Anger at poor state of roads reaches a new ...

Oct 30, 2023Comments off

Frustration over the poor state of the UK’s local roads has reached its highest level in nine years. In the RAC’s annual Report on Motoring*,

New weather stations to help get England’...

Oct 23, 2023Comments off

With winter approaching, National Highways is investing £15.4m in a new state-of-the-art network of weather stations, including supporting infrastructure, that will provide real-time data of

Badly maintained road

Summer washout see pothole incidents at the...

Sep 18, 2023Comments off

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...

Aug 22, 2023Comments off

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*.

The plans for the Wood Lane junction between North Tuddenham - Easton

A47 road schemes in Norfolk given go-ahead

Jul 10, 2023Comments off

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