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This project, due for completion in spring 2026, will reduce congestion, create a smoother flow of traffic and provide safer journeys for thousands every day. In this section Location: A few miles north of Guildford in Surrey Project managed by: National Highways Status: Work in progress What we're doing in 2025 February - Opening gyratory bridges Over the weekend of 21 to 24 February we prepared the two new gyratory bridges for traffic. We've now opened two of the four gyratory bridge l…

Back Published 07 December 2022 Press Release Bat boxes, 300m of dead hedging and supplementary feeding and planting are among the innovative measures National Highways is taking to help support a population of nine species of bats that have made their home in Somerset. Bats are fascinating animals – the only true flying mammal. There are 18 species of bats in the UK, with the creatures accounting for more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK and around 20% of all mammal species world…

Back Published 10 February 2025 Press Release Work is progressing to open local roads alongside the new A30 dual carriageway in Cornwall. Since opening the road to traffic last June, National Highways and principal contractors Costain have been continuing ancillary work, such as local road connections, landscaping, hedging and planting along the new 8.7-mile route. As part of that programme, work on the old A30 near Zelah is being completed before opening as the new B3288 between Chybucca …

Inspired by New York’s High Line, the Castlefield Viaduct is the result of a unique partnership between National Highways and the National Trust, alongside lead community partner Castlefield forum and other local groups. Share this article Location: Castlefield, Greater Manchester Project managed by: National Trust Open to the public? Yes Completion: Summer 2022 Video: Celebrating one year of Manchester's 'garden in the sky', part 1 Watch part 2 of Celebrating one year of Manchester's 'ga…

Back Published 11 February 2025 Press Release National Highways is joining forces with its police partners to help improve safety by introducing new speed restrictions along the A46 near Bath. Working with Avon and Somerset Police, South Gloucestershire Council and Bath and North East Somerset Council, the company has identified safety issues on the A46 between Bath and M4 junction 18. Collision data between 2017 and 2021 identified a total of 41 incidents, resulting in 79 casualties, two …

We’re building additional emergency areas to our all lane running smart motorways in the South East. Start date 2024 End date Spring 2025 Cost £390 million national programme Latest updates Overview Documents The safety and confidence of people travelling on England’s motorways and major A-roads is our highest priority. We’ve been listening to your concerns and have developed a programme to create additional emergency areas on sections of all lane running (ALR) smart motorway across the …

National Highways Limited Social Enterprise Dynamic Purchasing System SUPPLIER PACK PART A A3 – How to Complete the Selection Questionnaire Page 1 of 33 A3 – How To Complete the Selection Questionnaire Final Version 3 – February 2024 This document is designed to help Suppliers complete the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) in order to apply to join the Social Enterprise Dynamic Purchasing System (SEDPS) and understand how the Selection Questionnaire will be assessed by National Highways. This documen…

Adding more places to stop in an emergency In this section What's happening At National Highways safety is our top priority.  We have listened to drivers' concerns about being able to find a safe place to stop in an emergency on all lane running smart motorways and have delivered a programme to create additional emergency areas on sections of all lane running (ALR) motorway across the country. In its response to the Transport Select Committee’s report The roll out and safety of smart motorw…

Route strategies are a rolling programme setting out our plan for the strategic road network (SRN). They're a key research element underpinning the Road Investment Strategy (RIS), which informs the process of future road investment We've published our Route Strategies Initial Overview Reports In 2022, we asked you to give us feedback about your experience of our strategic road network. We've used the information you gave us to produce 20 Route Strategy Initial Overview Reports. These reports…

Making journeys even safer with radar-based technology In this section What's happening We've upgraded motorways across the country with technology which detects stopped vehicles . Every existing motorway where the hard shoulder has been permanently converted to a live traffic lane (known as All Lane Running) now has the new radar-based technology in place. This new stopped vehicle detection enhances the existing system of inter-related features that work together reduce the risks associate…