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New A4545 dual carriageway opens

30/06/2025

National Highways has removed the traffic management from the new A4545 dual carriageway, allowing all lanes to open and linking the newly built junction 5a on the M42 with Clock Interchange roundabout.

National Highways £495m SPaTS3 contract awards announced

25/06/2025

Seven companies have been awarded contracts by National Highways as part of the £495m Specialist Professional and Technical Services 3 (SPaTS3) framework.

Safer speed restrictions for A120

25/06/2025

National Highways has begun reducing the speed limit from 60mph to 50mph on the A120 in Essex, to help prevent collisions.

A14 planting woes: Night of the living dead shrubs

19/06/2025

National Highways has hit the headlines again over ongoing issues with tree planting on the A14, which have seen hundreds of thousands of saplings die and local residents take matters into their own hands to tackle 'what looks like a desert'.

Brightly scoops £8m OAWMS contract

17/06/2025

Brightly Software has been awarded an £8m contract covering Operational Asset Works Management Systems (OAWMS) at National Highways.

'Golden opportunity': Long-term budgets secured for roads

11/06/2025

National Highways and English local roads authorities have secured a long-term capital funding settlement of £24bn between 2026-27 and 2029-30, the chancellor announced in her Spending Review.

£249m M5 Junction 10 scheme given go ahead

05/06/2025

Gloucestershire CC has been granted development consent for the M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme — a milestone that it says will ‘pave the way’ for transport and economic benefits across the county.

Long-awaited Mottram Bypass commences work

29/05/2025

Balfour Beatty has finally started work on a bypass project aimed at cutting congestion between Manchester and Sheffield that was first proposed nearly two decades ago and could cost up to £264m.

New biochar trial to help National Highways with Net Zero goals

27/05/2025

National Highways is funding a UK-first trial that looks at how biochar – a charcoal-like material made by burning organic matter at high temperatures – can be used to make ‘significant carbon savings’.

Planned increase in green bridges from National Highways

23/05/2025

National Highways is set to double its green bridges across the strategic road network within the next two years as part of its £11.56 million Network for Nature programme in partnership with The Wildlife Trust.

National Highways unveils plans for £14.5bn Scheme Delivery Framework 2

20/05/2025

National Highways has outlined plans for a Scheme Delivery Framework 2 (SDF2), worth £14.5bn over eight years.

Planned closures avoided as M54 works completed early

16/05/2025

National Highways has completed essential concrete repairs that began this February to a section of the M54, meaning that two scheduled weekend closures are no longer needed.

National Highways trialling M5 and M6 blackout near Birmingham

13/05/2025

National Highways is trialling lighting switch-offs near Birmingham with a view to permanently removing the lighting should the trials be successful. 

National Highways announces solution to A40 rockfalls

06/05/2025

National Highways engineers have developed a solution to protect drivers on the A40 from further rockfalls.

ORR adapts National Highways scrutiny process for interim year

02/05/2025

National Highways will face greater scrutiny on unit and asset class costs in this interim funding year (2025-2026), although exactly how it will be held to account on key areas such as safety and delays is still being ironed out. 

Frustrations rise with M27 works as National Highways reaches halfway mark

29/04/2025

Test Valley Borough Council will write to the CEO of National Highways, asking him to provide ‘a date by which all current ongoing road works on the M27 will be completed’ following an announcement from National Highways that works will ‘step up a gear’ as they reach the halfway mark.

Exclusive: New TTRO to be made for M48 Severn Bridge weight restrictions

25/04/2025

National Highways has confirmed to Highways that a new TTRO covering the weight restrictions that will prevent HGVs over 7.5 tonnes from using the M48 Severn Bridge linking England and Wales will come into effect from next month.

M4 Prince of Wales Bridge to close for overnight resurfacing

24/04/2025

National Highways is advising that planned resurfacing works will mean the closure of the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge overnight at the end of April/beginning of May to complete the waterproofing and resurfacing of 1km of the bridge.

Dartford Crossing to shut for maintenance

22/04/2025

National Highways has confirmed that the Darford Crossing will close completely later this month for maintenance work.

Protect National Highways from quango review ‘crosshairs’

16/04/2025

The sector has raised concerns that National Highways' functions could be in the crosshairs of a Cabinet Office review of all government quangos, with a view to potentially closing any that cannot justify their existence.

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