Highways England makes slow start on RIS 216/07/2021 Highways England is off to a shaky start in its delivery of the second Road Investment Strategy, with planning delays creating risks to the delivery of the programme, according to the Office of Rail and Road. |
PM backs Larkinson to stay on as ORR boss24/02/2021 The Office of Rail and Road has confirmed John Larkinson as its permanent chief executive officer, following a public competition and the endorsement of the prime minister. |
ORR flags regional variations on SRN10/02/2021 The performance of Highways England’s network continued to show large regional variations in the last year of the first Road Investment Strategy, its monitor has said. |
Exclusive: ORR road safety staffing level 'less than one person'03/09/2020 The highways monitor for the English strategic road network (SRN) does not have a single member of staff whose job is focused solely on road safety, Highways can reveal. |
'Stop treating us like Network Rail': Highways England and ORR, debates and denials23/07/2020 Highways England was initially ‘in denial’ about needing to prove it had made the level of efficiency savings it was claiming, its regulator has said. |
Highways England must ramp up safety spending, RSF says23/07/2020 An independent review of Highways England’s spending on safety has found that it is inadequate to meet its short-term and long-term safety targets. |
Industry awaits ‘missing piece’ of RIS 222/07/2020 Highways England is unable to say exactly when it will publish its 2020-25 delivery plan, which should have been made public shortly after the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS 2). |
Larkinson sings Highways England's praises for pandemic response11/06/2020 The strategic roads watchdog has praised Highways England for ‘acting with speed and decisiveness’ in its response to the pandemic so far. |
ORR rows back on backing for Highways England safety approach07/08/2019 Highways England’s regulator has backtracked on its claims that the Government-owned company had ‘demonstrated that it is applying an evidence-based approach’ to improving safety. |
Rail man Larkinson takes temporary charge at the ORR09/10/2018 The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has appointed John Larkinson, as interim chief executive as it seeks to replace Joanna Whittington on a permanent basis. |
Highways England running £2.9bn over budget, ORR finds17/07/2018 Highways England’s major schemes are currently running £2.9bn over budget as the government-owned company continues to try to get costs under control, according to independent monitor the Office of Rail and Road. |
ORR publishes views on RIS215/12/2016 The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) says lessons must be learnt from the delivery of the Road Investment Strategy (RIS) as plans for RIS2 continue to gather pace. |
ORR: Good start for Highways England14/07/2016 Highways England has made a “good start” on delivering £15 billion investment in the strategic road network by 2020/21, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). |
Glaister to continue as ORR chair30/06/2016 Stephen Glaister has been reappointed chair of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) until December 2017. |
ORR publishes report into HE’s supply chain capability07/04/2016 The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published a report into Highways England’s supply chain capability. |
New chair for ORR18/12/2015 Professor Stephen Glaister has been appointed as the interim chair of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for a 12-month term. |
Framework for monitoring HE's performance set by ORR03/11/2015 The Office of Rail and Road has published details of how Highways England will be held to account for delivering more than £11 billion of investment in strategic roads over the next five years. |
Office of Rail Regulation to be renamed Office of Rail and Road24/03/2015 The Office of Rail Regulation will change its name to the Office of Rail and Road from 1 April 2015. |
Antolik to head up road monitor16/02/2015 Peter Antolik will lead the Office of Rail Regulation’s (ORR) monitoring function for England’s strategic road network. |
Highway Code changes to create new road user hierarchy
Comment: Highways England must do more for road users and taxpayers
Government successfully defends RIS 2 from legal challenge
