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Smart motorways Emergency area width review – summary report Emergency area width review - summary report 1. Introduction The 2020 Smart motorway evidence stocktake sought to gather the facts on smart motorway safety and set out an Action Plan to ensure smart motorways are as safe as possible. The Action Plan included the following action relating to emergency area widths: ‘DfT has heard concerns about the width of some existing emergency areas where it is less than the current 15-foot-wide [4.6…

National Highways Carbon Tool Guidance Date: April 2024 Version: 2.6 Confidential National Highways Terms and Definitions Department for Transport document setting out a Road Investment Strategy long term approach to improve England’s (RIS) motorway and all-purpose trunk road network (the ‘strategic road network’). A standard unit for measuring carbon footprints. This expresses the impact of each different greenhouse gas in terms of the amount of Carbon dioxide equivalent carbon dioxide that wou…

Archaeologists discovered a whole host of rare finds along the A1 in Yorkshire. These gave a unique insight into what life was like over a period of around 4500 years. The discoveries were a result of the construction of our £400 million A1 Leeming to Barton upgrade which created 12 miles of new motorway-standard road. During the four-year construction period extensive excavations were carried out. These uncovered an extraordinary level of prehistoric and historic finds. Three years after the …

Smart motorways Emergency area width review Highways England response Emergency area width review - response Emergency area width review - response Contents Executive summary .2 1. Introduction .4 Document purpose .4 Scope of the report .5 2. Emergency area width measurement .6 Methodology .6 Results .7 3. Widening options .8 M1 J32 to 33 NB A 253/8 .8 M25 J5 to 6 WB A 39/0 . 10 M3 J3 to 2 EB B 38/5 .12 4. Actions .14 All lane running emergency areas .14 Dynamic hard shoulder running emergency a…

Published 23 Sept 2024 New technology developed to help ease the pain of roadworks for road users and businesses saw 2,100 fewer journeys being delayed on the M6 in a two-month trial. Share this article New technology developed to help ease the pain of roadworks for road users and businesses saw 2,100 fewer journeys being delayed on the M6 in a two-month trial. The innovation, being trialled as part of one of our regular competitions, also saved an estimated £45,000 by consolidating work an…

A number of sections of the A66 has been upgraded or bypassed since the 1970’s. We now want to upgrade the remaining single carriageway sections to provide a safe and reliable journey between Penrith and Scotch Corner. In this section The A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project consists of a number of different schemes between Penrith and Scotch Corner. These individual schemes will vary from dualling current single carriageways to improving junctions. You can find out more about what our proposal…

Key dates in the history of the road network's development and National Highways. 43–410 AD The Romans build about 2,000 miles of road between towns and cities, initially for military purposes. Their roads, such as Fosse Way (Devon to Lincoln) and Watling Street (London to Shropshire), remained in use for centuries and the routes are still followed today. 18th century By the 1830s over 20,000 miles of road have been turnpiked and many surfaces improved thanks to the work of engineers like John…

John Larkinson Nick Harris Chief Executive Chief Executive Office of Rail and Road National Highways Limited 25 Cabot Square Bridge House London 1 Walnut Tree Close E14 4QZ Guildford GU1 4LZ 28 June 2023 Dear John Independent evaluation of the effectiveness and operation of SVD and end-to-end systems I’m writing further to my letter of 12 December 2022, to update you on the progress National Highways has made to improve the performance of our radar-based stopped vehicle detection (SVD) technolog…

National Highways Carbon Tool Guidance Date: March 2025 Version: 2.7 Confidential National Highways Terms and Definitions Department for Transport document setting out a Road Investment Strategy long term approach to improve England’s (RIS) motorway and all-purpose trunk road network (the ‘strategic road network’). A standard unit for measuring carbon footprints. This expresses the impact of each different greenhouse gas in terms of the amount of Carbon dioxide equivalent carbon dioxide that wou…

Published 10 Oct 2024 We invited military students to visit our M25 junction 28 scheme Share this article Royal Engineers, known as 'Sappers', are well known for organisational, planning and engineering skills. There's no better way for student military engineers to learn than from our industry experts. Our specialists gave engineers of the future a tour of the new road road and major structures. They explained the challenges of keeping traffic flowing while upgrading infrastructure on a …