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Early Engagement Approach for Major Third Party Projects Guidance for Third Party Promoters VERSION 1.0 5th August 2025 1 Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Why is early engagement with National Highways beneficial for Promoters? 4 3. When to begin engagement 6 4. Key areas for initial discussion 6 5. Next steps 7 6. How to contact us 7 Annex A 8 2 1. Introduction National Highways has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport as a strategic highway company under the provisions of the In…

HelmUK final report 14 July 2022 Abstract HelmUK was the UK’s first real-world trial of HGV platooning which ran between 2017 and 2022. The concept of platooning is to use advanced driver assistance systems to enable HGVs to safely travel close together to save fuel via a slipstreaming effect. This concept has never been tested in a real-world environment in the UK. HelmUK ran for 5 years and through exhaustive analysis of real-world trials found that platooning saved small amounts of fuel over Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) in the real-world. Further analysis found that in a road network optim…

An Introduction to the Lean Visual Management Maintenance Foreword Highways England has three imperatives : Safety - our aim is that no one should be harmed when travelling or working on the strategic road network. We care about each other, our suppliers, our customers and communities. Customer Service – improving how what we do impacts those that use the roads. Delivering the Road Investment Strategy – on time and efficiently. Lean principles provide a foundation to help enable all of these pri…

An Introduction to the Lean Visual Management Design Foreword Highways England has three imperatives : Safety - our aim is that no one should be harmed when travelling or working on the strategic road network. We care about each other, our suppliers, our customers and communities. Customer Service – improving how what we do impacts those that use the roads. Delivering the Road Investment Strategy – on time and efficiently. Lean principles provide a foundation to help enable all of these prioriti…

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS Asset Management Development Group ASSET DATA MANAGEMENT MANUAL Part 2 – Requirements and Additional Information October 2021 Version: 13.0 Asset Data Management Manual Page 1 of 164 Date of Issue: October 2021 Part 2 – Requirements and Additional Information Revision Sheet For revisions across all ADMM documents see the Revision Log available on Standards for Highways: http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/ha/standards/admm/index.htm Version Date Issued April 2016 September 2016 March 2017 September 2017 March 2018 October 2018 April 2019 10.0 October 2019 11.0 April 2020 12…

Planning for the future A guide to working with National Highways on planning matters October 2023 Contents Introduction . 1 Our role in planning .6 Our approach to planning .8 Key assessment considerations on planning matters .10 Engagement with plan-making .14 Engagement with decision-taking .18 Other statutory engagement .24 Funding .25 Key contacts .27 Acronyms .27 ii Introduction 1. This document, our planning guide1, describes 3. This guide is written in the context of statutory the approach we take to engaging in the responsibilities as set out in our operating planning system and the i…

National Highways Podcast Episode 1 – Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow Mel Clarke Hello and welcome to a series of podcasts that explores the future of the England’s road network. Making it greener, safer, smarter and more reliable. And we’ll be doing that by talking to the people that make those possibilities a reality. My name is Mel Clarke and I’m Customer Services director Operations for National Highways. I’m also the Founder and Chairwoman of National Highways Leading Women’s Network – which is pertinent as our theme for this podcast is ‘Supporting Gender Equality Today, …

National Highways 2030 Water Quality Plan Mitigating high risk outfalls and soakaways Date: August 2023 Executive summary Road runoff can carry pollutants which under certain conditions can have a negative environmental impact. National Highways is responsible for around 3% of England's roads. We are the government owned company that operates, maintains and improves the 4,500 miles of England's motorways and major A roads, known as the Strategic Road Network (SRN). We recognise the importance of…

A5-M1 Dunstable Northern Bypass One-year post-opening project evaluation 05 April 2022 A5-M1 Dunstable Northern Bypass one-year after post-opening project evaluation While National Highways has made every effort to ensure the information in this document is accurate, National Highways does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of that information; and it cannot accept liability for any loss or damages of any kind resulting from reliance on the information or guidance this docume…

Gender pay gap report 2021 - 2022 Introduction We are committed to having a diverse, inclusive and enabled workforce, which reflects the communities in which we work and serve. We have taken action to make improvements in our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) through data driven evidence. Our commitments to the Public Sector Equality Duty also ensures that EDI is a key business priority. We are making positive steps to encourage gender balance across the organisation and are co…