Press releases

Drivers planning to use the M6 through Cumbria during the first two weekends of the new year are being urged to consider delaying their journeys or plan alternative routes away from the county.

The team behind National Highways’ A417 road upgrade have brought a dose of festive cheer to four Gloucestershire charities after donating over 180 presents.

As millions of people prepare to travel across the country this festive season, National Highways’ teams will be hard at work behind the scenes to keep the roads safe and traffic flowing. 

Drivers are advised the M20 will be closed between Maidstone and Ashford overnight tonight (Monday 22 December) from 8pm to allow the Operation Brock contraflow to be removed at the request of the Kent & Medway Resilience Forum.

National Highways teams across the Midlands are feeling in the festive spirit as they give the gift of kindness to the communities they’re working in.

National Highways   brought some festive cheer to Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School with donations to help support families this Christmas.

A series of public information events in communities in and around Penrith in Cumbria is continuing throughout the festive period ahead of two weekend closures of the M6 in the new year.

National Highways will start the first stage of a £23 million investment improving the A36 through the city of Salisbury early next year.

National Highways and its partners have delivered more than 100 kilograms of food supplies to a Greater Manchester foodbank in time for Christmas - the equivalent in weight to a baby elephant.

Engineers are scaling the heights to carry out strengthening work on steep slopes above Gloucester as part of National Highways’ A417 Missing Link scheme.