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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 date Late 2025 Cost Around £25million Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 20 August 2025 August update Installing gantries We've finished work on gantry foundations. We'll start …

Armed forces Find a job You’ve protected our country, now help us to keep it connected. Start your civilian career with confidence. We provide a supportive route into your civilian career. We appreciate the unique set of skills and expertise you can bring to our work, and we’ll work with you to make sure you can make an immediate contribution.  Home Job types Career programmes Working for us Recruitment journey We’re proud to have signed and now re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant, whic…

Back Published 12 February 2025 Press Release National Highways is helping to keep the traditional landscape of the Cotswolds alive thanks to one of its major projects The government-owned company is currently working on the A417 Missing Link scheme, creating 5.5kms of new dual carriageway between Gloucester and Cirencester. Along the route, the team are painstakingly building 7.5kms of dry stone wall, which will be incorporated into the scheme to help the road blend into the landscape, pr…

Back Published 24 February 2025 Press Release A key route linking the East of England with the rest of the country will benefit from a new scheme which will make the road safer for road users and those living nearby. Work started today (Mon 24 Feb) on improvements to the A47 designed to cut road traffic collisions as National Highways works to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the strategic road network. The safety scheme features the installation of 20 new average…

Back Published 14 November 2022 Press Release The importance of embracing new autonomous technology has been highlighted by current and former traffic management workers who say the innovations are helping to keep them safe. It comes as Road Safety Week launches today (Monday 14 Nov), with the spotlight on the theme of ‘Safer Roads for All’. National Highways believes nobody should come to harm while travelling or working on its roads and is therefore investing in connected and autonomous …

Back Published 26 October 2022 Press Release A National Highways funded scheme to help fish navigate the River Ashburn in Devon has gone swimmingly well – and completed in time for the autumn migration season. The construction of a new fish pass will help to support the eco system on the River Ashburn by assisting the migration of salmon, eels and other species through Ashburn Check Weirs within the Dartmoor National Park. Westcountry Rivers Trust and the Environment Agency identified an i…

Sustainability and climate change are central to our future road design The purpose of good design Good design helps us achieve a higher quality of life, greater economic vitality and a more efficient use of resources. We put people at the heart of our work by designing an inclusive, sustainable and resilient Strategic Road Network. We want our network to be appreciated for its elegance as well as its usefulness. Good design should reflect the beauty of the environment surrounding our netwo…

In this section The Lower Thames Crossing is a proposed new crossing of the River Thames to ease congestion at the Dartford Crossing. It is designed to be the greenest road ever built and is a pathfinder project to explore carbon neutral construction.   Background  We established carbon literacy training in January 2023 because we recognised that to be a successful pathfinder, we needed everyone to be confident and knowledgeable about carbon and climate change. We wanted to become a carbon li…

Back Published 18 February 2025 Press Release News   Residents and road users are being invited to meet the team behind a scheme to build a cycleway and make road improvements on the A52 Derby Road in Nottingham.     National Highways is carrying out the work between Priory roundabout and the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) roundabout.  The new cycleway and pedestrian footpath, which is part of National Highway’s commitment to encourage healthy and sustainable travel, will provide safe and e…

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. The landscape-led scheme is on its way to delivering a safe and resilient free-flowing road while conserving and enhancing the special character of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty …