Exclusive: Nick Harris - ‘We are trying to do too much with the planning system’17/10/2024 National Highways chief executive Nick Harris talked to Highways about the potential reforms that could support better infrastructure delivery. |
Exclusive: National Highways keeps safety plan confidential, as deadline approaches15/10/2024 National Highways has refused to reveal its emergency plan to reach a critical safety target next year and has admitted telling its monitor to keep the details secret as it consults on schemes. |
HGV drivers benefit from £13m lorry parks spend15/10/2024 National Highways has approved £3m for operators to improve lorry parks since December 2023, part of a £13m spend due by next March. |
New congestion-busting tech works like a dream in trial23/09/2024 New technology developed to help ease congestion has seen '2,100 fewer journeys being delayed on the M6 in a two-month trial', National Highways has announced. |
National Highways launches follow-up graphene trial23/09/2024 National Highways has launched a further graphene-enhanced asphalt trial, this time on a one-kilometre section of the A12 between Hatfield Peverel and Witham, east of England. |
A12 scheme delayed as National Highways rebuilds old ground17/09/2024 National Highways has revealed that its delayed scheme to reconstruct a concrete section of the A12 in Essex will also miss its latest completion target and be delayed by at least another six weeks. |
National Highways stuck in financial no man's land05/09/2024 The Government has still not confirmed National Highways’ funding for this financial year, despite the regulator warning the current portfolio 'appears to be undeliverable’ if the crisis is not resolved. |
Exclusive: Secret talks over secret safety plan27/08/2024 National Highways has admitted that it may not implement all the measures in a secret plan to improve its failing safety performance, but its regulator has refused to confirm whether it was made aware of this. |
National Highways brushes off complacency criticism20/08/2024 A top National Highways official has pushed back against criticism from the company’s regulator that it ignored warnings over the risk of missing its 2025 casualty reduction target. |
National Highways off track on carbon target13/08/2024 National Highways’ regulator has challenged it over its refusal to accelerate its LED lighting replacement programme, despite the company being predicted to narrowly miss its revised 2025 carbon emissions target. |
National Highways appoints permanent CFO06/08/2024 National Highways has named its new permanent chief financial officer (CFO). |
ORR: National Highways off the hook over licence breach24/07/2024 National Highways is in breach of a condition of its licence but will not face enforcement action, its regulator has said. |
ORR: Time of uncertainty casts National Highways adrift on delivery and safety24/07/2024 National Highways has missed nearly one in four target dates for enhancements on its network during the current roads period and risks missing its 2025 casualty target. |
National Highways builds a £2m legacy with Black Cat scheme09/07/2024 National Highways has announced 11 community projects have won cash in the first round of bidding to the £2m 'legacy fund' attached to its flagship £1bn A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme. |
National Highways saves the Biodiversity Day20/05/2024 National Highways is on course to achieve its commitment of no net loss of biodiversity 2025. |
National Highways: Putting roads at the heart of our net zero future20/05/2024 National Highways director of environmental stability Stephen Elderkin says supporting net zero construction and committing to low carbon materials is key to this decarbonisation. |
Harper gives green light to £200m M3 scheme20/05/2024 Transport secretary Mark Harper has granted a development consent order (DCO) for National Highways’ delayed £200m M3 Junction 9 scheme. |
Hi-tech warning system used to protect workers on A5216/05/2024 National Highways used new technology to protect workers carrying out essential works on a section of the A52 in Nottinghamshire, following threats from the public. |
National Highways announced as 'headline partner' for Traffex07/05/2024 National Highways has been announced as the headline content partner for Traffex this month, taking place for the first time at the CBS Arena in Coventry on May 22 and 23. |
How do you get a bridge into a wind tunnel?02/05/2024 National Highways has modelled plans for a new central reservation barrier on the M4 Prince of Wales using a wind tunnel. |
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