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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 Anne…

Society relies on our road network for work journeys and home deliveries, visits to friends and family, holidays and the goods and services we all depend on. Society relies on our road network for work journeys and home deliveries, visits to friends and family, holidays, and the goods and services …

Aide Memoire for notification requirements for the movement of Abnormal Indivisible Loads or vehicles by road when not complying with The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (commonly known as C & U) Weight Gross weight of vehicle carrying the load exceeding C & 2 clear working day…

People, places and processes: A guide to good design at National Highways Foreword Successful roads are the result of good design, not chance. Good design benefits road users, the places through which our roads pass and local communities. Good road design can also have wider positive environmental, social and economic impacts for regions and the country. We set out our design vision for the strate…

Back Published 27 September 2024 Press Release A transformer shipped from Korea will complete the final leg of its journey along the M6 to Scotland this weekend. Drivers using the M6 through Lancashire and Cumbria are being advised to be aware of the wide load movement.  SP Energy are moving t…

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 con…

Back Published 27 October 2023 Press Release As National Highways enters the next phase of construction on one of Gloucestershire’s busiest links – the Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper was welcomed onto site on Friday (27 Oct) for a tour of the scheme and to celebrate progress so far…

Back Published 27 January 2025 News Press Release Residents and drivers can find out more about a new safety scheme due to get under way along the A46 in Warwickshire at two information events this week. Members of the project team will be on hand to talk about the scheme and answer any questi…

Back Published 26 September 2024 News Press Release The northbound carriageway of the A34 near Oxford will be closed this weekend for continuing resurfacing work to be carried out. The northbound carriageway of the A34 near Oxford will be closed this weekend for continuing resurfacing work to …

A5-M1 Dunstable Northern Bypass Five-year post-opening project evaluation This document has been prepared by National Highways with assistance from its consultants (where employed). The document and its accompanying data remain the property of National Highways. While all reasonable care has been ta…