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With National Highways’ support, Gloucestershire County Council is making a number of improvements on roads west of Cheltenham. These include a proposal to upgrade M5 junction 10. Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 04 June 2025 Development Consent Order approved The Secretary of State for Transport has given the go ahead for the M5 junction 10 improvements scheme, delivered by Gloucestershire County Council, to be built by granting the Development Consent Order.     We now …

We are replacing the vehicle safety barriers between M20 Junction 5, Aylesford Interchange, and Junction 6, Sandling Interchange, in Kent. Start date 22 April 2025 End date June 2025 Cost Approximately £970,000 Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 14 April 2025 Work starts soon on safety enhancement We are replacing the vehicle safety barriers between M20 Junction 5, Aylesford Interchange, and Junction 6, Sandling Interchange, in Kent. To do this safely, we will mainly nee…

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This document and accompanying data have been prepared by National Highways with assistance from its consultants (where employed). The document and its accompanying data remain the property of National Highways. Recipients of this document should not assume that the data is appropriate for their purposes. In the absence of formal contractual agreement to the contrary, National Highways and its consultants (where employed) expressly disclaim any responsibility to you, or any other party who gains access to this data. Any form of disclosure, distribution, copying, reference to, or use of this me…

1` Smart motorways - scheme safety ‘Before’ versus ‘after’ assessment Contents Executive summary . 3 1. Background and context . 7 2. Scheme-level headline comparisons . 12 3. Scheme-level detailed comparisons . 20 4. Conclusions . 22 Annex A - Smart motorways map (correct as of June 2023) . 24 Annex B - Smart motorway scheme information . 25 Annex C - Methodology . 32 Annex D - Detailed tables . 47 Annex E - Detailed collision data . 48 Annex F - Glossary of terms . 49 Page 2 of 51 Executive summary In early 2020, we published the Smart Motorway All Lane Running Overarching Safety report 2019…

Essential resurfacing on the M23 junction 9 roundabout and Airport Way near Gatwick, Horley. Start date 24 February 2025 End date October 2025 Cost Approximately £5 million Overview Documents Project information M23 Junction 9 and Airport Way near Gatwick resurfacing We're continuing essential resurfacing at the M23 junction 9 roundabout and Airport Way, near Gatwick Airport, Horley.  Closures For safety, we need overnight closures of the M23 junction 9 roundabout, including the slip r…

Smart motorways Incident and infrastructure investigation M1 Junction 39 to 42 Highways England response M1 J39 to 42 investigation - response M1 J39 to 42 investigation - response Contents Executive summary .2 Introduction .6 Methodology .8 Review of potential interventions .9 Actions . 23 Appendix . 26 1 M1 J39 to 42 investigation - response M1 J39 to 42 investigation - response Executive summary We will implement the majority of recommendations resulting from the independent review, as well as some additional measures identified though production of this report. We are now working on more d…

Litter strategy Our approach Introduction Litter is a serious issue. It harms the environment, upsets our customers and damages our reputation. It also puts our people at risk when they have to collect it and it diverts time and money that’s better spent on improving the road network. Our vision is for ‘a network predominantly free from litter, without compromising safety and delivered affordably’. This strategy describes how we will achieve this by discouraging littering, improving how we collect litter, being more responsive to customer feedback and by working with our partners. It has been …

Litter strategy Our approach Introduction Litter is a serious issue. It harms the environment, upsets our customers and damages our reputation. It also puts our people at risk when they have to collect it and it diverts time and money that’s better spent on improving the road network. Our vision is for ‘a network predominantly free from litter, without compromising safety and delivered affordably’. This strategy describes how we will achieve this by discouraging littering, improving how we collect litter, being more responsive to customer feedback and by working with our partners. It has been …

Litter Approach Introduction Litter is a serious issue. It harms the environment, upsets our customers and damages our reputation. It also puts our people at risk when they have to collect it and it diverts time and money that’s better spent on improving the road network. Our vision is for ‘a network predominantly free from litter, without compromising safety and delivered affordably’. This approach describes how we will achieve this by discouraging littering, improving how we collect litter, being more responsive to customer feedback and by working with our partners. It has been developed in …