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We require our suppliers to employ fully qualified and registered operatives, whose registration/skills cards show the status and categories of work that they're competent to do. Introduction Skills card schemes Health, safety and environment tests Construction Plant Competence Scheme Further information Introduction Registration and skills cards are issued by the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) or an affiliate partner scheme. A partner scheme can include those within a N…

To get permission to build and operate the new crossing, we must seek consent through a special planning process and be awarded a Development Consent Order (DCO) from the government's independent planning authority, the Planning Inspectorate. In this section As the most ambitious road scheme since the M25 was completed almost 35 years ago, our DCO application is one of the most complex applications ever developed.  We submitted our Development Consent Order application in October 2022 and fro…

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…

Back Published 30 September 2024 Press Release A National Highways project team recently welcomed a group of military students to a tour of one of our major schemes as part of an initiative to share experience. The engineers of the future were given a tour of the new loop road, slip road and major structures and our Highways specialists explained the challenges of keeping traffic flowing whilst upgrading infrastructure on a busy junction.   Caption: The group of military students visiting…

Back Published 14 October 2024 Press Release A team of traffic officers gave up their time to help with the conservation of an 800-year-old priory – and unearthed a long lost piece of ancient wall. Swapping their National Highways uniforms for waterproofs, the volunteers had offered to help remove some of the thick vegetation and shrubbery that had grown over the ruins at Grace Dieu Priory over recent years. The Priory, in North West Leicestershire, dates back to 1239 when it was a house f…

We are upgrading the A47 between North Tuddenham and Easton in Norfolk to a dual carriageway. This will complete the dual carriageway between Norwich and Dereham, supporting economic growth and easing congestion in the area. Start date 2023-24 End date 2026-27 Cost £100 million - £250 million Latest updates Overview Documents Related road projects Latest updates 15 October 2025 Latest news for October and November Come and meet our team Tuesday 21 October 2025 (10am to 8pm) Find out…

We're working with MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) to excavate and record any archaeological features before we start construction. Headless animals, possible vineyards and a stylus are among the discoveries unearthed by archaeologists working on National Highways A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements, helping experts build a detailed picture of what life was like in Britain through history.   Since 2021, we have been working with MOLA to build an incredibly detailed picture of what…

HIGHWAYS AGENCY NETWORK MANAGEMENT MANUAL PART 4 – TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CONTENTS Chapter Page No. Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual & Notes for Guidance on ‘Safety at 4.1-1 Roadworks’ Introduction Implementation Mobile Works Responsibility for Safety Driver Information Signs at Road works 4.2-1 Introduction General Principles Design of Vehicle Recovery at Road works 4.3-1 Introduction Why have a recovery service at road works Liaison and Planning Issues Monitoring of Site Location of dedicated…

We’re cutting carbon emissions in the Midlands by switching to cleaner LED lights. This will make our motorways and A-roads greener and more energy efficient. Overview Documents Where we're working View an LED lighting scheme Here are details of our LED lighting schemes in the Midlands: A52 LED surveys - 20 June to mid October 2025 We're surveying the A52 between Spondon and Barrowby for LED lighting upgrades. Lane closures We’ll work overnight (8pm - 6am) Monday to Friday, from 30 June…

The standard terms and conditions relating to our traffic camera/CCTV services. Reproduction for private use The traffic images are Crown Copyright protected and may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium as long as it is for non-commercial research or private study, subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Licensing for internal circulation within an organisation or reuse and copying to others The traffic images may only be re-u…