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Engineering and project management Find a job The future of our strategic road network will be built by all kinds of ambitious programmes and projects.  Our initiatives renew and maintain major roads and create new infrastructure.  Making roads safer, journeys more reliable and unlocking economi…

Improvements to the slip roads and junction approaches at the M2 junction 5. Start date Autumn 2021 End date 2025 Cost £50-£100 million Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 04 February 2025 We've completed our project We've completed our M2 junction 5 improvements scheme in Sittingbourne, Kent. Key features of the scheme include: The Stockbury Flyover The project's centrep…

Engineer Colin McNicol shares how close collaboration was the key to getting the right safety solution at one of our HRE bridges in Kilmarnock. Share this article Published 07 Dec 2023 I joined the Historical Railways Estate (HRE) in late 2020, I’m lucky to visit different parts of the country, appreciating and helping to preserve some of the nation’s finest examples of former railway structur…

Little Changes, Change Everything By making little changes when you drive, you can make a big difference to reducing congestion, avoiding collisions and making journeys safer. Little changes, change everything campaign partner toolkit (March 2024) Little Changes campaign summary Campaign goal The campaign aims to improve everyone’s experience when driving on our network. In this first wave o…

This powerful landmark stands as a testament to the golden era of Victorian railway engineering. Owned by National Highways and leased to Sustrans on a long-term basis, it now offers walkers and cyclists stunning views of the surrounding hills and countryside as part of a winding network of…

Published 25 Mar 2025 The project will drive growth by tackling long standing congestion and improving connectivity between the south-east, the midlands and the north In this section Share this article The government has today (25 March 2025) given planning permission for National Highways’ A122 Lower Thames Crossing project. The most significant road project in a generation will dri…

The Historical Railways Estate (HRE) is made up of over 3,100 former railway structures and land linked to closed lines. Once managed by BRB (Residuary) Limited, which was dissolved in 2013, the HRE moved to National Highways at the request of Department for Transport. We’ve been maintaini…

Share this page The British road numbering system 2023 marked 100 years since the Great Britain road numbering scheme was introduced. Before this, if you weren’t a local, it was very difficult to tell one road from another, and new car owners often got lost when driving longer distances. The Government’s new roads investment programme also meant that it was vital to know which road was which, an…

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 we all depend on.  As technology and travel evolves, this fund is helping us look beyond road journ…

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 creatu…