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Travelling in severe weather Weather conditions can vary considerably throughout the year, and can sometimes change at short notice. To keep safe when travelling on our network, it's important to prepare for different weather types, and understand how to moderate your driving for the conditions. Our advice pages will help you do this. Extreme heat During warmer weather, you may be thinking about using our network to go on holiday, have a day out, or visit friends and family. Strong winds St…

Guides for non-GB goods vehicles drivers Share this article English version Driving on England's motorways Български език (Bulgarian version) Шофиране по магистралите в Англия Lietuvių kalba (Lithuanian version) Vairavimas Anglijos greitkeliais Język polski (Polish version) Jazda po angielskich autostradach Limba română (Romanian version) Condusul pe autostrăzile Angliei Magyar nyelven (Hungarian version) Vezetés Anglia autópályáin Česká verze (Czech version) Řízení po anglických …

In this section As well as our road network, we're responsible for 30,000 hectares of land. This 'soft estate' includes all the verges, embankments, cuttings and landscaping plots alongside our roads. This land supports a rich diversity of animal and plant life, including ash, which is one of our most useful and versatile native trees. What is ash dieback? Ash dieback is a highly destructive fungal tree disease that causes leaf loss, dead branches and canopy decline. It has spread to the UK…

This privacy notice sits beneath our top level privacy notice and provides information about how personal data is used with regards to our online feedback form. Please see the main privacy statement for details on your rights and who to contact about use of personal data. What personal data do we collect and handle? Information we may collect includes: As an individual, what group you consider yourself to fall under, such as ‘local resident’ or ‘road user - motorcyclist’ As an organisation,…

This privacy notice sits beneath our top level privacy notice and provides information about how personal data is used with regards to National Highways’ safety campaign emails. Please see the top level privacy notice for details on your rights and who to contact about use of personal data. What personal data do we collect and handle? We may collect the following information: your email address your name your age (optional) your gender (optional) details of whether you drive (optional) …

Published 24 Jan 2024 A new National Highways trial explores environmentally friendly ways of reducing carbon footprint and costs Share this article The trial will start shortly at the new Wisley Interchange, under construction as part of the M25 junction 10 improvement scheme. We have contracted AtkinsRéalis to lead the Wisley bridge trial, in collaboration with Connect Plus Services, Balfour Beatty and Laing O’Rourke. We'll be testing if less material can be used in the design, installat…

In this section On this page: Putting driver safety first How we are delivering the government’s smart motorway evidence stocktake Our fourth year progress report Stocktake and progress reports Putting driver safety first England continues to have some of the safest roads in the world. Compared to other roads, motorways remain the safest to travel on. We want drivers to not only be safe, but also to feel safe and confident using our roads, including smart motorways. But there is always m…

As our strategic road network becomes increasingly reliant on digital connectivity for its operations, cyber security becomes ever more critical to ensure the safety and efficiency of our transport infrastructure. What is cyber security and why is it important? Cyber security is about safeguarding our computer systems, networks and operational technology from unwanted disclosure of information, theft or damage to the hardware, software, or electronic data. As we use technology to control our s…

Stay in the know on the Historical Railways Estate. Celebrating 200 years of rail with our first-ever viaduct open day As part of our Railway 200 celebrations, we opened up the recently restored Chelfham Viaduct near Barnstaple to the public Read all about the event Latest makeover Petersfield Road Bridge The works to be carried out will address the worst areas of degradation throughout the arch. In the headlines Castlefield Viaduct We're committing £2.4 million for phase 2 of the Castl…

Modern slavery is the illegal exploitation of people for personal or commercial gain. Victims are controlled by force, threat, coercion and deception. It can take various forms including trafficking of people, forced labour, sexual or criminal exploitation or domestic servitude. We have published this statement in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act, 2015. The Act requires any organisation with a global annual turnover of £36million or above which operates in the United Kingdom to produce an…