Press releases

National Highways’ A417 Missing Link scheme has recorded over two million working hours without a serious safety incident since work started in Spring 2023 - the equivalent of 8,300 days of keeping workers safe on site.

Images released by National Highways today show the scale of work required as part of a major facelift of one of the country’s most iconic stretches of motorway. 

As music lovers across the country get ready to see the likes of Chappell Roan and Hozier at Leeds Festival (21 – 24 August), National Highways is urging fans to allow plenty of time to get to the event.

National Highways is advising drivers of likely congestion along parts of the M56 and M6 in Cheshire over the forthcoming late summer bank holiday weekend with up to 70,000 dance music lovers heading to the annual Creamfields festival.

New, lower speed limits are set to be introduced this week on targeted sections of the A38 in Cornwall, as part of a move by National Highways and Vision Zero aimed at saving lives.

Drivers in Cumbria and further afield are being urged to avoid a section of the M6 around Carlisle following a serious incident in the early hours of this morning (Monday 11 August 2025) which led to the closure of both the northbound and southbound carriageways just south of the city.

Drivers are being urged to only travel through the Black Cat roundabout and surrounding areas if their journey is essential due to major road closures on the A1 and A421 in Bedfordshire next weekend.

A major upgrade that will transform travel in Hull has taken several significant steps forward.

A much-anticipated footbridge allowing walkers and cyclists to safely cross the M3 in Surrey has opened to the public.