Highways is proud to announce the finalists for the highly anticipated Highways Awards 2025, celebrating the individuals, teams, and organisations making a real difference across the UK’s highways sector.
With an unprecedented number of entries this year, everyone who has made it through in such an exceptionally competitive year deserves the respect of the sector.
Here are your finalists for the 2025 Highways Awards:
Active Travel Scheme of the Year
Sponsored by Waterman Aspen
- Amey, Talbot Road Active Travel Corridor
- Angus Council, NCN1 Carnoustie Active Travel Improvements Phase 2
- Essex Highways, Harlow LCWIP 9
- Huyton Asphalt Group, CYCLOPS
- Marlborough Highways, Cycleway 23
- MGroup, Woodstock Road Sustainable Transport Corridor project
- SWARCO, Derbyshire Bus Priority Scheme
- WSP, California Crossroads
Apprentice of the Year Award
Sponsored by The Institute of Highway Engineers
- Arcadis, Elijah Twiss
- FM Conway, Kenzie-Mae Beck
- FM Conway, Balanithesh Ragavan
- Highway Care Ltd, Jacob Camden-Redding
- Highway Traffic Management, Kye Owen
- Huyton Asphalt Group, Robyn Langton-Quantrell
- Jacobs, Matthew Turner
- Kier, Maciej Kaczmarczyk
- Liverpool City Council, Emma Gutierrez-Waldron
- P.Flannery Plant Hire Oval Ltd., Martin Coffey
Best Use of New Technology Award
- Bucher Municipal, The launch of the new MaxPowa V Series truck mounted sweepers
- Connect Plus Services, Esri ArcGIS on the M25
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Decarbonising Street Lighting - Live Labs 2
- Highways Drone Services, Drone Lighting Inspections - Birmingham City Council
- Mobile VMS Ltd, Automated Queue Warning (AQW) System - NEAR South Schemes
- Holcim UK Ltd, Safety first - improving traditional asphalt testing methods using an 'Asphalt Analyser'
- R3 Ltd, Setting the Standard: The Future of UK Road Resurfacing
- SWARCO, ImFlow Adaptive Traffic Optimiser – Cheshire East Council & SWARCO
- SWARCO, Advanced VAS with Integrated LED and Lens Technology
- WJ Group & HAAS Alert, In Car VMS with Safety Cloud
- Yunex Traffic, Yunex Traffic’s new Cycle Lane Enforcement solution makes cycle lanes safer
Bridge Project of the Year
- AtkinsRéalis, M25 J10/A3 West Interchange Bridge
- BEAR Scotland, A985 Kincardine Bridge Southern Piled Viaduct Replacement
- CCCC First Highway Engineering Co., LTD., Wujiang Bridge
- London Borough of Richmond, Teddington Footbridges Refurbishment
- M Group Highways, Steventon Station Railway Bridge Strengthening 2024/25
- Project Centre, Refurbishing Cookham Bridge
- Spencer Bridge Engineering, Menai Suspension Bridge
- The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, The Hammersmith Bridge Stabilisation Project
- Waterman Infrastructure & Environment Ltd, Meridian Water River Lee Navigation Bridge (Bridge B1)
- Wandsworth London Borough Council, Wandsworth Bridge Illumination
Digital Transformation and AI Award
- AtkinsRéalis, Automated Bridge Scour Assessment Process
- Connect Plus Services, Resilience on the M25 through the Climate Vulnerability Plan
- FYLD, Transforming highways safety and delivery through AI-powered risk intelligence
- Holcim UK Ltd, AI powered ordering through Holcim+Concrete
- Mott MacDonald Ltd, A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements
- Re-flow Field Management, Re-flow: Digitisation platform (automation, AI and smart forms)
- Re-flow Field Management, Re-flow End-to-End Operations Platform
- Transport for West Midlands, Leveraging Drone Technology To Transform Work On The Highway
- TRL Software, A New Era in Road Asset Management: TRL Software and P-AMS Deliver Strategic Impact for National Highways
- Westmorland and Furness Council, Using technology to improve weather forecasting and winter highways response
Environmental Sustainability Award
Sponsored by Holcim UK Ltd
- Amey Highways, The sustainable production of topsoil from dried gully waste
- BakerHicks Ltd, Scallows Farm Highway Remediation and Watercourse Improvement Scheme
- Community BlueScapes, Kitson Road SuDS project
- Connect Plus Services, Improving water quality at outfalls by innovative environmental design
- East Riding of Yorkshire, Decarbonising Street Lighting Live Labs 2 Project
- Galliford Try Ltd, A47 Tuddenham and Blofield Dualling Schemes
- Jackson Civil Engineering, Brookhouse Brook Water Quality Improvement Trial
- Kier, A417 Missing Link
- London Borough of Waltham Forest, Chestnut Fields Flood Mitigation Scheme
- London Borough of Hackney - Parking Services, A Lasting Legacy: Cleaner Air, Greener Streets, Stronger Communities
- Low Carbon Materials, ACLA - Decarbonising Road Construction
- Liverpool City Council, Catharine Street
- M Group Highways, Firepool, Northern Boulevards
- M Group Highways, Highways verge rewilding trial
Highway Partnership Award
Sponsored by WJ Group
- Autolink Concessionaires (A19) Ltd / Sir Robert McAlpine / Heidelberg Materials Contracting , A19 - DBFO
- Amey Transport & Infrastructure, Scotland & Northern Ireland Contracts, Unlocking Future Connections, Amey Transport & Infrastructure, Scottish Prison Service, Speedy Hire, Hatton Traffic Management & Breedon
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Decarbonising StreetLighting - DfT Live Labs 2
- Essex Highways, Essex Highways Partnership
- Huyton Asphalt Group, Liverpool Highways Investment Programme
- Liverpool City Council, ADEPT Live Labs 2 – Liverpool Live Lab
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Inclusive Construction Local Partnership - Project Access
- Marlborough Highways, Marlborough Highways and the Royal Borough of Greenwich Partnership
- Peterborough Highway Services, Highway Services across Peterborough
- Project Centre, Refurbishing Cookham Bridge
- SWARCO, Cheshire East Council & SWARCO - ImFlow Adaptive Traffic Optimiser
- SWARCO, Derbyshire - SWARCO Bus Priority scheme
- SMP Alliance, National Emergency Area Retrofit Programme
- SWARCO, SWARCO UK & Ireland & Suffolk County Council
Health, Wellbeing and Inclusion Award
Sponsored by Highway Care
- Amey Transport & Infrastructure, Scotland & Northern Ireland Contracts, Unlocking Future Connections Programme - Amey Transport & Infrastructure, Scottish Prison Service, Speedy Hire, Breedon, Hatton Traffic Management
- Balfour Beatty, A40 Eynsham Park and Ride to Wolvercote scheme
- Balfour Beatty Highways, M1 J10-13
- CD Fencing & Construction Services Limited, Building Better Lives Through Work
- Core Highways, Core Highways – Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) Scheme
- FM Conway, 30 by 30
- Galliford Try Ltd, A47 Tuddenham and Blofield Dualling Schemes
- Huyton Asphalt Group, Harm Avoidance - Time to Talk
- Jet Plant Hire, Jet - setting the benchmark for health, wellbeing and inclusion
- London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London Women in Engineering Group
- National Highways, Connecting Women Employee Network
- Waterman Aspen, People First: Building a Culture of Care, Inclusion and Impact
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sponsored by Kier
- CD Fencing & Construction Services Limited, Chris Davies (Diver)
- Core Highways, Chris Harris
- Hampshire Highways, Tim Lawton
- Jacobs, Iain Maiden
- M Group Highways, Bob Burgess
- M Group Highways, Chris Swanborough
- National Highways, Joanne Slade
- National Highways, Nicola Bell
- National Highways, Mel Clarke
- National Highways, Mike Wilson
- RoadSafe, Adrian Walsh
- Transport for London, Michael Barratt
Line Marking and Street Design Award
Sponsored by the Road Safety Marking Association
- Amey, Talbot Road Active Travel Corridor
- BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland, WJ Group & Clearview Intelligence, A9 Short-term Safety Improvement Scheme, Jack Coupe & Sons, A693 Beamish Museum Main Thoroughfare.
- C&R Line Markings, Bawtry high street redesigned
- C&R Line Markings, M18 Hellaby Rotherham Roundabout, New Line Markings
- Jack Coupe & Sons, A693 Beamish Museum Main Thoroughfare.
- Jointline Limited, Enhancing Safety at Bawtry Road, Tickhill
- WSP, California Crossroads
Major Project Award (Above £10 million)
Sponsored by Stabilised Pavements Limited
- Kier, A417 Missing Link
- M Group Highways, Milton Road
- Sir Robert McAlpine, A533 Expressway Bridge Replacement
- Suffolk County Council, Gull Wing, Lowestoft
- SMP Alliance, National Emergency Area Retrofit Programme
- Stockport Council, Stockport Interchange, Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation led mixed-use regeneration scheme and Viaduct Park - a new town centre park
Michael Conway CBE Community Leaders Award
Sponsored by FM Conway
Winner to be announced on the night.
Product of the Year
Sponsored by GWH
- Cappagh Contractors Construction (London) Ltd, Tackling London's Ironwork replacement with Permafyx L273
- Heidelberg Materials, evoZero - Ultra Low Carbon Cement
- LMS Highways Ltd, Premcrete Highways FC
- MAV Systems Ltd, MAV AiQ
- Metrail Construction Limited, M180 Resurfacing - from 12 months to 4 with Geo Plus Resin
- National Highways, Driving for Better Business
- P.Flannery Plant Hire Oval Ltd., The Virtual Safety Integration
- WJ Group & SMPA Partners, RapidGrip: Enhancing Safety, Sustainability & Efficiency
- Yunex Traffic, Yutraffic Actis - the next generation traffic signal technology
Road Safety Scheme of the Year
- AtkinsRéalis, Castlefield Traffic Calming
- AtkinsRéalis, A3102 Safer Roads Fund
- Balfour Beatty, Driver Risk Management
- BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland, WJ Group & Clearview Intelligence, A9 Short-term Safety Improvement Scheme
- CTA (Community Transport Association), MiDAS Training Transformation
- SWARCO, Dundee Intelligent Junction Warning and Speed Management Scheme
- SWARCO, Darlington Accident Blackspot Intervention
- The City of London, All Change at Bank
- VivaCity & Transport for West Midlands, Transport for West Midlands boosts Road Safety as Part of a UK-first AI project
Small Project of the Year (Under £10 million)
- BCP Council, Glenferness Avenue Transforming Cities Fund
- Essex Highways, Harlow LCWIP 9
- Hertfordshire County Council, A414 Jarman Park, Hemel Hempstead: Safer Crossing for All
- Highway Traffic Management, Bromford Gyratory
- Liverpool City Council, Catharine Street
- M Group, Woodstock Road Sustainable Transport Corridor project
- Marlborough Highways, Clerkenwell Green
- Project Centre, Enhancing Abyssinia Road’s public realm
- Octavius Infrastructure, M25/M20 Barrier Replacement
- Spencer Bridge Engineering, Erskine Bridge Cable Inspection
- SWARCO, Rutland Smart Signage Safety Enhancement Scheme
- SWARCO, Manchester Airport T2 Digital VMS Safety Upgrade
- TKJV, Transport for London’s Joe Strummer Subway rain gardens
Steve Berry Highways Authority Innovation Award
Sponsored by AtkinsRéalis
- AtkinsRéalis, Net Zero Asphalt Surfacing
- Cappagh Contractors Construction London Ltd, Implementation of Permafyx L273 around Ironwork Replacements
- Community BlueScapes, Kitson Road
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Innovation in Streetlighting. Cutting Carbon, Cost and future maintenance liabilities
- ODS, Moving towards an EV fleet in Highways
Team of the Year
Sponsored by Associated Asphalt Contracting
- AtkinsRéalis, Net Zero Asphalt Surfacing
- Balfour Beatty, Production Hub - Lean Team
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Decarbonising Streetlighting - Live Labs 2 Project
- Essex Highways, Priority One Surfacing Programme
- Derby City Council, Safe Havens Outside Schools
- Jet Plant Hire, Jet Plant Hire - Team of the Year
- Liverpool City Council, Commissioning and Project Delivery Team
- M Group Highways, Bishops Waltham Depot team
- National Highways, Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention Team with Driving for Better Business
- National Highways Customer Business Priority Group (cross organisational), Beyond Training: Driving Accountability and Customer-Centric Decision-Making
- National Highways, Tunnels, Technology and Lighting Team
- Premier Traffic Management, Building an inclusive Team through safety and quality observations. How the introduction of weekly ‘Calling All Hands’ meeting with input from all 5 Depots and greater transparency of actions, helped build an integrated Team.
- SMP Alliance, National Emergency Area Retrofit Programme
- SWARCO, Maurice Coll and the Glasgow Depot Team
Worker and Site Safety Initiative Award
Sponsored by Re-flow Field Management
- Breedon on behalf of the Traffic Management Incursions Working Group, Traffic Management Incursions Working Group - social media campaign to raise awareness and prevent incursions
- Balfour Beatty, UK Roadworker Abuse Fatal Risk Group
- Huyton Asphalt Group, Harm Avoidance
Winter Service and Climate Resilience of the Year
- Connect Plus Services, Resilience on the M25 through the Climate Vulnerability Plan
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Delivering Winter Savings to drive efficiency and move to a Resilient Network Approach
- National Highways, Potassium Acetate Laboratory & Road Trial Research
- Ringway Island Roads, Enabling Resilience: Leeson Road Landslip Emergency Response Plan
- Safecote Limited, Salting Efficiencies Through Route Optimisation
- Sir Robert McAlpine, M6 ROM
- Transport for London, Transport for London’s Joe Strummer Subway rain gardens - TKJV
Special Merit Award
Winner to be announced on the night.
