Our strategies

National Highways has published a range of strategic documents that set out the company's future direction, helping you to understand our current priorities and long-term objectives.

Some of these documents set out the company's overall priorities, whilst others cover our more detailed priorities for specific themes and topics

The following pages provide quick and easy access to all of our current strategic documents.

Our Overall Strategy

Our plans for the current road investment period
(to March 2026)

Our longer-term plans for road investment period 3
(2026-2031) and beyond (to 2050)

Our strategic documents for key themes

Safety

We want everyone using our network get to where they want to go, safely and reliably. We have a long-term vision that no one should be harmed on our network

Customer

We are dedicated to providing an exceptional travel experience, where customers feel valued and cared for. Through our commitment to reliability and service, we aim to be recognised as a responsible and trusted organisation that prioritises customer needs.

Environment

Every aspect of our business contributes to enhancing environmental performance, including reducing our carbon footprint, promoting green infrastructure and encouraging biodiversity.

Digital

We are enhancing road infrastructure, with digital technology, data and innovation playing a key role in achieving our primary goal: delivering safer, smoother and more reliable journeys for all our customers

Asset management

Asset management is the cornerstone of our business. Our focus is on delivering safe, reliable and efficient solutions that meet the needs of all our customers, ensuring the long-term sustainability of critical infrastructure

Other strategic documents

Social value plan

Social value is the sum of the benefits that we - and our supply chain partners - deliver for people, environment and the economy.

Designated Funds

Our designated funds are separate to our core work of operating, maintaining and improving England’s strategic road network. They provide ring-fenced funding that we use to invest in and support initiatives that deliver lasting benefits.

Innovation and research

We invest in innovation and research to solve the problems we face in delivering today’s commitments, while preparing us for the future, by harnessing opportunities across the fields of transportation, engineering, data and science.