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We’re cutting carbon emissions in the Midlands by switching to cleaner LED lights, making our motorways and A-roads greener and more energy efficient. Overview Documents We've moved into year 3 of our biggest-ever programme to replace older streetlamps with LED lights that use far less energy to produce the same amount of light. The £132m investment programme aims to reduce carbon emissions by…

Home Safe and Well This is where we share resources and information about health, safety and wellbeing to support our workers and suppliers to ensure that everyone gets home safe and well. See Home Safe and Well - Our approach to heath, safety and wellbeing. We need your input too and want you to share your experiences with us, providing examples of best practice and lessons learned. This inform…

We need to resurface M4 eastbound carriageway between junction 13 Chieveley Interchange and junction 12 Theale Interchange, near Reading, West Berkshire. Start date 2 June 2025 End date September 2025 Cost Approximately £5.9 million Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 15 May 2025 Resurfacing work starts soon We need to resurface M4 eastbound carriageway bet…

We are making safety and capacity improvements to this important strategic route to support economic growth and planned development in the region. Start date Started End date 2024-25 Cost £282 million Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 27 June 2025 Update on work programme throughout July We’re carrying out essential maintenance and improvement works along the M42 between <…

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In this section Needing to stop, or being forced to stop, in an emergency on a live traffic lane is very rare. It can of course happen on any road but on high-speed roads it is more frightening, and help needs to be at hand quickly.  In March 2020, the Secretary of State for Transport published the Smart motorway evidence stocktake and action plan. The plan committed to implementing a range of m…

We're converting the M27 between junction 4 (M3 interchange) and junction 11 (Fareham) by turning the hard shoulder into a permanent running lane, making a dual four-lane motorway. Start date Started End date spring 2022 Cost £244 million Latest updates Overview Documents M27 motorway Latest updates 29 June 2022 Upgraded motorway now open This week we’re changing the s…

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…

Proposals to create extra capacity at junction 18 to reduce congestion and support economic growth. Start date TBC End date TBC Cost TBC Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 06 August 2025 Outcome of spending review Following the conclusion of the Government’s Spending Review, funding for the M60 junction 1…

Network Rail is replacing the existing bridge that takes trains over the M62, between junction 19 and 20 near Rochdale. Start date April 2024 End date October 2024 Cost £27 million Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 25 September 2024 Thank you for your patience We'd like to thank road users and the local community for their understanding following a series of M62 c…