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Published 14 May 2025 Skanska’s Bentley Works is a key hub for cementation, steel fabrication and ground engineering In this section Share this article A recent event at Skanska’s Bentley Works facility in Doncaster showcased how the site and local staff will play a key role in delivering the Lower Thames Crossing, one of the country’s most important transport projects. Skanska’s Bentley Wor…

Our programme will make sure concrete roads remain safe, dependable and durable Most of our network is surfaced with asphalt, also known as blacktop or tarmac, but some roads are built of concrete. These make up around 400 miles (4%) of England’s motorway and long-distance A-road network. Concrete roads are mostly found along the eastern side of England, in the North East, Yorkshire, East Anglia…

Back Published 28 July 2023 Blog Our response to an article in The Guardian which appeared on 27 July 2023. ‘National Highways accused of systemic failure on cycling provision in England’ was the headline on a story in The Guardian. It went on to claim ‘the government owned body in charge of trunk roads was using a loophole to deliver substandard shared use paths in rural areas’. The Guardi…

In this section Needing to stop, or being forced to stop, in an emergency on a live traffic lane is very rare. It can of course happen on any road but on high-speed roads it is more frightening, and help needs to be at hand quickly.  In March 2020, the Secretary of State for Transport published th…

The Saltash Tunnel in Cornwall provides a key link between Plymouth and South-East Cornwall. We’re carrying out an extensive programme of work to update the technology in and around the tunnel to keep journeys safe and reliable, and reduce the risk of unplanned closures. Start date Early 2025 End …

Our net zero plan Roadmap scope Roadmap for concrete Roadmap for steel Roadmap for asphalt Embedding decarbonisation in National Highways Net zero highways: our zero carbon roadmap for concrete, steel and asphalt Net zero highways: our zero carbon roadmap for concrete, steel and asphalt 1 Our net zero plan Roadmap scope Roadmap for concrete Roadmap for steel Roadmap for asphalt Embedding decarboni…

We’re carrying out maintenance schemes on bridges across Yorkshire, improving safety for thousands of drivers. Start date 7 April 2025 End date March 2026 Cost TBC Overview Documents How we’ll work  To work safely, we’ll need a mixture of lane and road closures. We'll work at the least busy t…

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Report 2023 Overview Governance Strategy Risk management Metrics and targets Introduction Roads connect the country and are a convenient, low cost and practical way to travel to see family, to work and to deliver goods around the UK. With almost nine out of ten passenger miles travelled by road and 79% of freight goods moved by road, Britain’s ro…

Improving air quality on and around our network In this section We are working with the government to help improve air quality in the England by reducing Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels and supporting the delivery of the UK NO2 Plan. The government’s Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) model identifies roads that might exceed the legal limits for air pollution at 40µg/m³. Some of the roads the PCM h…

We've completed our project to rebuild the A12 between junction 25 Marks Tey and junction 26 Stanway, to improve safety, create a smoother and quieter journey, and extend the life of the road to make it fit for the future. Start date 17 October 2022 End date 11 October 2024 Cost £36.9 million Latest updates Overview Documents Related road projects Latest updates 06 December 2024 Road clo…