Press releases

National Highways’ modernisation of the Saltash Tunnel is progressing towards the main phase of technology work.

It’s full steam ahead as an army of volunteers from National Highways and its supply chain made chuffing good progress to help the Riverside Miniature Railway get back on track to reopen in time for the May half-term. 

National Highways is working towards opening the Trevalso underpass in early summer, further improving local connectivity as part of the A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross dualling scheme.

A transformative National Highways bypass in Lancashire will deliver an environmental legacy for generations to come thanks to the planting of hundreds of thousands of shrubs and trees.

An innovative UK-first trial exploring how vegetation removed from highway projects can be reused to make significant carbon savings is being trialled on a National Highways scheme. 

Drivers are advised the M20 will be closed between Maidstone and Ashford overnight tonight (Tuesday 27 May) from 8pm to allow the Operation Brock contraflow to be removed at the request of the Kent & Medway Resilience Forum.

A historic event held today (Friday 23 May) heralded work on a new bypass that has been decades in the waiting.

With increasing numbers of traffic expected to head to the South West’s roads for the coming holiday season, National Highways is urging drivers to keep the region’s roadsides clear of litter.

  Plans to complete the rejuvenation of a prominent part of the Wigan landscape scarred by years of opencast mining have taken a step forward thanks to National Highways’ M6 junction 21a to junction 26 project.