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Improvements at Westwood roundabout (A61/A616) at Tankersley and technology improvements along the A628 Woodhead Pass Start date March 2020 End date 2023 Cost £18.6 million Latest updates Overview Documents Related road projects Latest updates 22 June 2022 Technology upgrade We are in the process of delivering a technology improvement scheme on the A628 Woodhead Pass. The scheme will p…

Our work includes replacing the safety barrier and road signs, resurfacing, repainting road markings, replacing road studs (cat's eyes) and other routine maintenance activities. This will make sure the A120 around Braintree remains in a safe and serviceable condition. We're doing the work in two phases. Phase 1 was completed during 2023. Phase 2 will be done during 2024. Start date Janua…

The A57 Link Roads scheme will relieve the long term issue of congestion in Mottram in Longdendale and help to improve journeys between Manchester and Sheffield. Start date December 2024 End date Road Period 3 (2026 – 2031) Cost TBC Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 01 August 2025 Update to Mottram Moor weekend work and M67 temporary lane closures Monday 4 to Friday 15 Augu…

We’re improving safety on the A1 in the East Midlands by closing gaps in the central reservation Start date 16 July 2025 End date TBC Cost TBC Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 04 July 2025 First gaps to close this month First we'll close 13 gaps between Little Ponton and Colsterworth in Lincolnshire. A1 Gap closures map These gaps are small. They're not used of…

We're maintaining the bridge carrying Cobham Road over the M25 between Cobham and Leatherhead in Surrey. We’ll need to close the bridge over two weekends in 2025 while we work. Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 26 June 2025 Our first full weekend closures is 27 - 30 June We'll start our first full weekend closure at 9pm Friday 27 June and lift it by  6am Monday 30 June 2025 …

3/359 Editing Anglo French Publication on Bridge Management TR 3/372 Whole life CostBenefit Analysis for Median Safety Barriers A A Practical Laboratory Tool For Pavement Foundation Design A radical new approach to pavement design ABP treated salt spread rate research ABP Treated Salt Trial Accessibility Accident cluster Analysis optimisation Accumulation and Dispersal of Suspend…

Our priorities are to help decarbonise HGVs and support the uptake of electric cars and vans. We will also improve the efficiency of our network and integrate it with other transport modes. Update on zero carbon HGV trials - December 2022 In our Net zero highways plan published in July 2021 we said we would explore our approach to zero carbon HGV trials on the strategic road network by the end o…

Improving journeys on older smart motorways In this section What's happening National Highways is delivering a series of enhancements to sections of dynamic hard shoulder motorways across the country. ‘Dynamic hard shoulder’ (DHS) is an older form of motorway where the hard shoulder is turned on and off as a traffic lane in response to traffic flow. On 15 April 2023 the Government announced t…

Our team of engineers uses well-established methods to maintain the Historical Railways Estate, including yearly inspections of all structures. This allows them to plan work well in advance and ensure that the most critical tasks are prioritised. Types of issues we deal with Here are some of the main problems we look after with each of the main structure types.   1 / 6 Underbridges Underbrid…

We're improving the A245 along with the Painshill roundabout and Seven Hills Road junction. In this section Our improvements We're making these changes to improve your journeys by: adding an extra third lane on the A245 westbound approaching Seven Hills Road junction from the roundabout creating an extra lane for eastbound traffic entering Painshill roundabout adjusting traffic lights at Sev…