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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.

National Highways awards £9m utility search deal

09/04/2025

QuikSTATS, part of Kier Group, has been awarded a three year contract to provide underground utilities mapping to all National Highways teams in a deal worth up to £9m.

National Highways beams up M67 bridge

09/04/2025

New images have been published by National Highways this week of eight steel beams that were craned into place as part of a £23m scheme to replace a bridge across the M67 in Denton, Greater Manchester.

National Highways celebrates 10 years of Operation Tramline

08/04/2025

National Highways has marked the 10th anniversary since its first unmarked HGV cab went out on patrol with the police to trial new ways to deter unsafe driving, and Operation Tramline was born.

National Highways gets £4.8bn for 'interim settlement' year

24/03/2025

National Highways will receive an interim settlement of £4.8bn for the next financial year, to tide it over between road investment strategies.

ORR glosses over lack of progress on SRN safety

14/03/2025

National Highways has so far only implemented half of the actions it promised last March to cut casualties on its network and remains likely to miss its safety target for the current roads period.

Slow progress on emergency SRN safety plan

11/03/2025

Some of the measures in a year-old plan that National Highways was required to draw up to address its failing safety record are ‘still going through consultation and governance’.

Delayed plan shows scale of Treasury's RP2 cash raid

05/03/2025

National Highways has finally published its delivery plan update for the current financial year, revealing a larger-than-expected cut of around £1bn to its five-year budget.

National Highways explores new markings profile for centre line safety

17/02/2025

National Highways is considering bringing in new road marking profiles to raise the audible impact of crossing centre lines, as part of wider updates to the markings sector.

Speed restriction programme launched for A46 single lane section

12/02/2025

National Highways is introducing new speed restrictions along the A46 near Bath after the route saw 41 road safety incidents between 2017 and 2021, resulting in 79 casualties, two of which were fatalities.

National Highways named headline content partner for Traffex 2025

10/02/2025

Traffex has announced that National Highways will be the headline content partner for the event this year, taking place at the CBS Arena in Coventry on 21-22 May.

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