Our evaluations

Through evaluation we ensure that robust evidence

• informs our decisions
• helps maximise the value of investment in the strategic road network. 

We're committed to sharing evaluation findings in a timely, transparent and accessible way. This helps support learning, accountability and continuous improvement across our organisation and the wider transport sector.

Our Evaluation Framework

We want to turn evidence and insight into influence and impact. 

Our Evaluation framework defines how we use evaluation to support learning, accountability and continuous improvement.

It's built around four themes:

Customer

Putting people and communities at the heart of our evidence.

Clarity

Communicating evidence transparently and accessibly.

Consistency

Building a reliable and proportionate evidence base.

Quality

Ensuring rigorous, credible and future-focused evaluation.

Read our Evaluation Framework.

Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) of major enhancements

Our POPE programme assesses the impacts of major enhancement schemes after they open to traffic.

It provides an independent, consistent evaluation of how schemes performed against expectations.

Findings help us improve future scheme design, strengthen business cases and ensure lessons are applied across our investment programme. 

As our approach evolves, we’re broadening POPE to provide a richer understanding of how schemes affect

• customers
• communities
• active travel
• wider social outcomes

For more details of our evaluation methods, please refer to the Major Enhancements evaluation approach.

POPE reports

For information on limitations, contextual factors and data constraints that may affect project performance assessment in POPES, see our POPE factsheet.

Glossary of terms used in POPE evaluations.

Can’t find the evaluation you need?

Older POPE reports can be found on the Highways England pages of the GOV.UK website.