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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 thro…

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 docu…

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 Oper…

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 ar…

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Delivery Plan 2023-2024 2 Delivery Plan 2023 - 2024 Delivery Plan 2023 - 2024 3 Contents 04 06 08 14 Foreword Executive Summary Improving safety for all Providing fast and reliable journeys 18 24 30 34 A well-maintained and Delivering better Meeting the needs of Achieving efficient resilient network environmental all users delivery outcomes 36 42 46 48 Enhancements Designated funds Preparing for t…

A45/A46 Tollbar End improvement One-year post-opening project evaluation This document has been prepared by National Highways with assistance from its consultants (where employed). The document and its accompanying data remain the property of National Highways. While all reasonable care has been tak…

Learning on the road to good design: Case studies Foreword The road to good design One aspect of good design highlighted in the (2018) set out our design examples is the range of other benefits that can be vision and principles generated from multidisciplinary and multifunctional for the strategic r…

Net zero highways: Our 2030 / 2040 / 2050 plan Progress report 2022-2023 September 2023 Foreword We’ve made huge strides since we published Net Zero Highways: our 2030 / 2040 / 2050 plan in 2021. In the year since we published our first update, we’ve seen the Government re-affirm its commitment for …

M6 and M1 smart motorways Incident and infrastructure investigations – summary report Update 2022 Incident and infrastructure investigations – summary report update 2022 Introduction In September 2021 we published independent investigation reports alongside our responses to the findings and the acti…