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All National Highways information is managed and used ethically to protect individuals and their legal rights and build trust not just in what we do but how we do it. In this section Requirement National Highways wants to be an organisation that is trusted by the public, its stakeholders and its staff. To achieve this, National Highways  manages and uses its data according to National Highways' company values. National Highways expects its supply chain and stakeholders to do the same, when managing or using its data. National Highways wants anyone who believes it is not abiding b…

The National Highways Lean team, working alongside many members of supply chain, has launched an improved and refreshed version of HELMA, called HELMA 2024. In this section HELMA assessment tool The aim of the HELMA assessment tool is to help organisations to determine the extent to which they have adopted Lean principles, to help foster a culture of continuous improvement for mutual advantage. The assessment process highlights areas for improvement and uses this information to help drive Le…

The Strategic Road Network (SRN) is vital to the UK economy. It's at the core of the national transport system, connecting towns and cities, people and businesses, goods and markets. By understanding our role in the economy, we can prioritise our activities. This will help us drive UK productivity through current and future Roads Investment Strategies (RIS). Economic Role of National Highways - An Overview PDF, 31559Kb Our economic narrative is split into 4 key roles: Role 1: Resilient, rel…

Achieving our vision of a connected country with safer, smoother and more reliable journeys for our customers, relies on successful outcomes from us and our supply chain partners. Roads Academy is a joint initiative with the roads industry to develop current and future leaders and solve sectoral challenges. New intake dates for Aspiring Leaders and Strategic Leaders programmes The next intake for Aspiring Leaders is 20 October 2025 and Strategic Leaders is 22 October 2025. For future intake d…

How National Highways information is to be used in the building of machine learning algorithms. In this section Machine learning means building mathematical models to predict an outcome, using techniques drawn from computer science and statistics. The potential benefits of machine learning must be balanced against any risk to National Highways information or losing the trust of the public. Requirement Any machine learning done using National Highways information, either by National Highways or a National Highways Supplier, must reflect National Highways corporate values a…

National Highways has published a range of strategic documents that set out the company's future direction, helping you to understand our current priorities and long-term objectives. Some of these documents set out the company's overall ambitions, whilst others cover our more detailed priorities for specific themes and topics. The following pages provide quick and easy access to all of our current strategic documents. Our strategy Our plans for the current road investment period (to March 2…

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…

Jump to section Purpose Why What How Principles Value Get involved Innovation and research strategy "We live in an era of both great opportunity and great challenge for our industry. We see the potential for the greatest changes in vehicles for a century and our customers rightly expect safe, reliable and informed journeys and value from their investment as taxpayers. All this is set against a backdrop of a climate and nature emergency and our immediate need to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. We can’t stand still. We need the knowledge, the tools and solutions to respond to a chang…

The Scottish Category B listed cast-iron bridge is getting some attention as part of our major work programme. Share this article Location: Lanark, South Lanarkshire Contractor: Balfour Beatty Open to the public? Yes Completion: Autumn 2024 History The overbridge, which formed part of the Douglas and Muirkirk extension line, fully opened in 1874. The route closed to all traffic in 1964. It has strong historical interest as part of the former Lanark to Muirkirk Railway. The bridge remains …

You can apply for compensation if the value of your property goes down because of pollution or disturbance from the use of a new or altered road. This is known as a ‘Part I claim’. Who can make a claim You can apply for compensation if the value of your property goes down because of pollution or disturbance from the use of a new or altered road. This is known as a ‘Part I claim’. What you can claim for You can only make a Part I claim because of: noise vibration smell fumes smoke artif…