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We want to encourage motorists to think about their driving and be safe on our roads. This means tackling dangerous driving behaviour. Operation Tramline is one way we do this - using HGV camera cabs in targeted multi-agency operations across England.

This spectacular 420ft long viaduct located in central Lake District has received some care and attention, so it can keep being appreciated safely from ground level near the footpath close by.

Examples of the ways we are stimulating innovation across the highways sector

Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement to the House of Parliament on 29 July 2024, the A27 Arundel Bypass will not be taken forward.

What started as minor work, eventually became the complete reconstruction of the bridge’s spandrel and east parapet.

In March 2020, the Secretary of State for Transport published the Smart motorway evidence stocktake and action plan. The plan included an action to review all existing emergency areas and to widen any which were less than the current standard, if feasible and appropriate.

Opening in 1866 on the former Newton Abbot – Moretonhampstead line in Devon, today it’s in our care and maintained with seven others.

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. We have been developing a programme to create additional emergency areas on sections of all lane running motorway across the country.

We’re trialling 60 mph speed limits on short sections of our network where action needs to be taken to reduce emissions and improve air quality.

A rare Roman stone coffin uncovered during National Highways work on the A47 scheme in Cambridgeshire will be featured on TV tomorrow (Tuesday, 7 January) during episode one of the new series of Digging for Britain on BB2 at 8pm.