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Published 14 Mar 2024 Funding new machinery to help West Kent Downs Countryside Trust enhance Cobham Woods In this section Share this article The Lower Thames Crossing has provided the West Kent Downs Countryside Trust with £85,000 through Designated Funds to support its plans to enhance Cobham Woods and keep 6km of tracks clear for walkers and cyclists. Cobham Woods is a 242.7 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the eastern edge of Gravesham Borough in Kent.  The f…

Three historical railway bridges in Devon have been given makeovers thanks to a £243,000 investment by the Historical Railways Estate (HRE). Share this article Published 14 Feb 2023 Wortha Mill Bridge on Dartmoor, Broadpark Road Bridge at Brentor and Castle Bridge Exeter have all received essential attention to ensure they retain their distinct characters while remaining safe for years to come. An extensive programme of works at the bridges has included masonry repairs, repointing brickwork…

We're cutting down and removing diseased trees suffering from ash dieback disease from the M11 between junctions 6 and 14. We will be replanting new trees of other native species that have been carefully chosen to ensure local habitats flourish. Start date November 2024 End date February 2025 Cost £1m Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 22 October 2024 Phase one begins November 2024 We’re planning essential landscaping work at 19 locations on the M11 between junctions 6 an…

National Highways have a commitment to use local SMEs from within 20 miles of the project In this section Share this article Published 20 Mar 2024 National Highways and its Delivery Partner Balfour Beatty, hosted a supply chain networking event for local small and medium-sized enterprises to prepare them to bid for work on the Hole Farm Community Woodland. The event gave them an insight into the procurement process and the minimum requirements that suppliers must meet, and an outline of th…

Guidance for the National Highways supply chain to determine the extent to which your organisation has adopted Lean principles. In this section At National Highways we have a driven purpose to give value to our customers. To help achieve our targets we use Lean to identify ways of improving our delivery and performance. We've been using Lean since 2009 and it's applicable to every part of the business.  Lean links to our three imperatives of Safety, Customer and Delivery and we use it from t…

South of Barrhead, the unusual concrete viaduct is one of the largest monuments remaining from the former railway branch. It now offers a safe route for school children to get to and from home. We’ve secured its safe future use with over 240 separate repairs. Share this article Location: Barrhead, East Renfrewshire Contractor: Balfour Beatty Open to the public? Yes Completion: Summer 2023 History The Paisley and Barrhead District Railway was a railway in Scotland that ran between the town…

Maintenance schemes taking place in the West Midlands region. Overview Documents The latest schemes that will be running in this area can be found below in the 'Project information area'. Project information View a maintenance scheme You can view more details about the maintenance schemes taking place in the West Midlands below: A40 and Old Ross Road fencing repairs - 20 to 31 October 2025 Closures 20 to 31 October - Old Ross Road between the junctions of Llangrove Road and the A4137 C…

Road maintenance work taking place in the East region. Overview Documents Read about the latest road maintenance work in the east in the 'Project information area' below. Project information View a maintenance scheme You can view more details about the maintenance schemes taking place in the East below: A1 Stibbington to Water Newton, Cambridgeshire - 1 September to end November 2025 In late 2024 the culvert supporting the A1 over Billing Brook at Water Newton near Peterborough was damag…

View documents relating to our Development Consent Order In this section The Development Consent Order (DCO) process was established by the Planning Act 2008 and is used for certain large and complex schemes (including highway improvements) that have been designated as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) by the Government. The Secretary of State for Transport granted development consent for the A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order (DCO) on 25 March 2025. T…

Upgrading junction 28 of the M25 between the M25 and the A12 in Essex. Start date 2022 End date 2025 Cost £140 million to £170 million Latest updates Overview Documents Stick to our diversions to avoid ULEZ fees We plan our road road closures with Transport for London (TFL). Together, we make sure ULEZ cameras don't operate on our signed diversion routes. If you don't use our official signed diversion routes, you may need to pay the ULEZ fee. We regularly co-ordinate our works with th…