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The award-winning A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme was developed to provide much-needed added capacity to a vital road transport corridor between the North, the Midlands and the East of England. Start date November 2016 End date June 2022 Cost £1.5 billion Overview Documents Project information Overview The A14 provides a vital road transport corridor between the North, the M…

Published 24 Jul 2024 A new carbon-negative aggregate is being trialled on a stretch of motorway as part of our hunt for new and innovative solutions to help reduce our carbon footprint. Share this article The ‘next generation’ construction material was identified in a competition we ran which offered funding for projects that would help meet targets for net zero carbon in maintenance and cons…

Smart motorways stocktake Second year progress report 2022 Second year progress report B Second year progress report Contents Foreword 2 Executive summary 4 Going further – 2021 Transport Select Committee report 12 Giving clarity to drivers 16 Finding a safe place to stop 22 Being safer in moving traffic 27 Updated safety e…

GG 104 Requirements for safety risk assessment Frequently asked questions 18 November 2024 Document history Revision Purpose description Checked Reviewed Authorised Date 1 Created SRR Jo 09/10/2019 Team Goulding 2 Rebrand as National SRR Rob Jo 18/01/2022 Highways Team Mullen Goulding 3 Review, update, and SRR Rob Jo 02/10/2023 addition of questions Team and Mullen Goulding Legal Services…

1` Smart motorways - scheme safety ‘Before’ versus ‘after’ assessment Contents Executive summary . 3 1. Background and context . 7 2. Scheme-level headline comparisons . 12 3. Scheme-level detailed comparisons . 20 4. Conclusions . 22 Annex A - Smart motorways map (correct as of June 2023) . 24 Annex B - Smart motorway scheme information . 25 Annex C - Methodology . 32 Annex D - Detailed …

Specialist Professional and Technical Services (SPATS) Framework Lot 1 & Lot 2 Task 1127 Smart Motorway Incident and Infrastructure Investigation – M1 Junction 39 to 42 July 2021 Smart Motorway Incident and Infrastructure Investigation Lot 1 SPATS Framework Executive Summary This report has been prepared as part of Highways England’s response to the Government’s Smart Motorway Safety E…

HEALTH AND SAFETY ARRANGEMENT HSA009: Management Arrangement of Safety Risk for National Highways Activities. National Highways governance for activities that may impact on safety outcomes for the strategic road network. 14 May 2024 Document control. Document title Management Arrangement of Safety R…

In this section Providing good active travel opportunities means working closely with organisations and charities with expertise in this area. Their expert knowledge is invaluable to us. Active Travel England Active Travel England became the Government’s executive agency to oversee local active travel delivery in 2022. We'll work with Active Travel England to deliver joined-up national and reg…

Published 24 Jan 2024 The first-ever 3D-printed concrete headwall is being trialled as part of the construction process on our A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade in Cornwall Share this article Headwall structures are traditionally made from precast concrete, utilising extensive steel reinforcement and limited in their shape, but the innovative 3D printed curved headwall, which requires no …

HGVs are often considerably longer, heavier, and more powerful than standard vehicles and care needs to be taken when driving close to one. Due to their size, HGVs have poor visibility and take longer to react and slow down than other vehicles. Collisions between HGVs and other vehicles are more likely to cause serious injury or death. Three points to remember There are three simple ways you ca…