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View documents relating to our Development Consent Order. In this section Explore the Lower Thames Crossing Development Consent Order (DCO) application documents submitted during the examination, which closed in December 2023. All documents are also hosted on the Planning Inspectorate website. As part of the examination process, the Lower Thames Crossing has committed to hosting the 'certified documents' (those identified in Schedule 16 of the draft DCO) below. These documents have been publ…

The Strategic Road Network (SRN) is vital to the UK economy. It's at the core of the national transport system, connecting towns and cities, people and businesses, goods and markets. By understanding our role in the economy, we can prioritise our activities. This will help us drive UK productivity through current and future Roads Investment Strategies (RIS). Economic Role of National Highways - An Overview PDF, 31559Kb Our economic narrative is split into 4 key roles: Role 1: Resilient, rel…

We're committed to playing our part in nature recovery now and in the years to come. Share this article Roads get us where we need to go and connect the country. However, roads too often create barriers for nature - severing habitats and species.  In 2020, we set out to halt the decline of biodiversity across our activities by 2025. We're proud to have met this challenging commitment to ‘no net loss’. In doing so, we've become one of the country's leading biodiversity champions in terms of…

Back Published 24 October 2024 Press Release Six massive steel beams, each weighing 130 tonnes and measuring 37 metres in length, will be installed to form the new Roxton Road bridge as part of the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements. National Highways will close the A421 in Bedfordshire over the first two weekends of November to install six massive steel beams for the new Roxton Road bridge, marking a major milestone on the £1 billion A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements. This flagship scheme will transform journeys between Milton Keynes, Bedford, and Cambridge, improvi…

Back Published 21 January 2025 News Press Release Beaumond House Hospice Care has been given some much-needed media equipment thanks to community funding provided by the team behind the planned dualling of the A46 Newark Bypass.  The hospice has been awarded over £3,200 from the project’s social value fund, part of a wider National Highways commitment to ‘give back’ to local communities by providing funding for projects, volunteer time, materials or arranging career-related activities in schools and colleges.  Caption: Staff and service users gather around the new television. Left to ri…

Creating safer and more reliable journeys between Firle and Polegate. Start date Spring 2020 End date Spring 2023 Cost £75 million Latest updates Overview Documents 1 of 4 Enlarge 2 of 4 Enlarge 3 of 4 Enlarge 4 of 4 Enlarge Close × 1 of 4 2 of 4 3 of 4 4 of 4 Latest updates 22 June 2023 Scheme complete We held a special event on Friday 16 June to celebrate the end of our scheme and talk with local people about the improvements we’ve made both on and off the road along the A27. Finally, we would like to say thank you to everyone for bearing with us while we were in cons…

Back Published 18 October 2023 Press Release News National Highways is set to carry out a new research trial which could significantly reduce the carbon footprint and cost of bridge building. The future of bridge construction could be transformed by a new trial being carried out by National Highways exploring more environmentally friendly building which could significantly reduce the carbon footprint and costs. Through a network of sensors, the research will analyse if fewer materials are actually needed in the design, installation and maintenance of integral bridges. Integral Bridges …

HIGHWAYS AGENCY NETWORK MANAGEMENT MANUAL PART 3 - ROUTINE SERVICE CONTENTS Chapter Page No. General 3.1-1 Introduction Inspections Information Management Operations Plans & Manuals Paved Areas 3.2-1 General Carriageways Footways & Cycle Tracks Covers, gratings, frames & boxes Kerbs, edgings & pre-formed channels Drainage 3.3-1 General Piped drainage systems Gullies, catchpits, grit traps, interceptors, soakaways, & manholes Piped grips Grips Ditches Filter drains & fin/narrow filter drains Culverts Vegetative drainage systems for highway runoff 3.3.10 Ancillary items 3.3.11 Linear drainage sy…

Great Musgrave Bridge (EDE/25) CS454 Assessment Certification Contents 1. Introduction . 2 General Overview . 2 List and Description of Appendices . 3 Appendices Appendix A: Form AA Appendix B: Form BA Appendix C: Calculations 0451648 1 Great Musgrave Bridge (EDE/25) CS454 Assessment Certification 1. Introduction General Overview Structure Type: Single span overbridge Superstructure Form: Semi-elliptical masonry stone arch (skewed). Substructure Form: Gravity type stone abutments and wingwalls. …

A bridge with a complicated history that’s helped shape how we work – including the establishment of a Stakeholder Advisory Forum where we engage with key stakeholders who advise on our choices in managing these assets. Share this article Location: Great Musgrave, Cumbria Open to the public? Yes Completion: Autumn 2023 Learnings from Great Musgrave We know there’s been a lot of interest in the bridge and the works delivered. We have listened to feedback and made substantial changes to how we make decisions on managing the estate. Our Stakeholder Advisory Forum, made up of organisations …