£249m M5 Junction 10 scheme given go ahead05/06/2025 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 work29/05/2025 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 goals27/05/2025 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 Highways23/05/2025 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 220/05/2025 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 early16/05/2025 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 Birmingham13/05/2025 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 rockfalls06/05/2025 National Highways engineers have developed a solution to protect drivers on the A40 from further rockfalls. |
ORR adapts National Highways scrutiny process for interim year02/05/2025 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 mark29/04/2025 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 restrictions25/04/2025 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 resurfacing24/04/2025 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 maintenance22/04/2025 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 deal09/04/2025 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 bridge09/04/2025 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 Tramline08/04/2025 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' year24/03/2025 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 safety14/03/2025 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 plan11/03/2025 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’. |
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