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Unearthed during an upgrade of the A47 in Cambridgeshire, the find features in series 12 of BBC documentary, 'Digging for Britain'. Share this article Presented by Professor Alice Roberts, the BBC documentary Digging for Britain started its twelfth series on January 7 2025. Episode 1 featured a massive hand carved stone coffin, undisturbed since its burial in Roman times over 1,500 years ago. Experts from Headland Archaeology found it in a small Roman roadside cemetery, discovered during our…

Habitat creation & enhancement works, land East of Thong Lane In this section Explore our interactive map and view work and road closures near you. Skanska, on behalf of National Highways, will soon be starting work to create new ecological habitat within the land to the east of Thong Lane.  These works are taking place from 4 August 2025 and continuing until April 2026. We are creating this habitat area to be sympathetic to the environment and natural beauty of the Thong area. When mature,…

National Highways Connecting the country We operate, maintain and improve more than 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads in England. This network plays a vital role in everyday life and is crucial to the UK economy. It connects regions, families and friends. It supports local and regional growth and prosperity and it enables businesses to deliver goods nationally and globally.  We’re an arms-length government body, receiving our strategic direction and funding from the Department for T…

A6018 COACH R A628 OAD Dual 50 carriageway Hollingworth Mottram underpass MOOR A57 AM EY BRIDGE R A6018 BACKM A57(T) MOTTR A OLL57 Dual O W OR OOL 50 Single LEY LANE carriageway 30 Woolley carriageway Bridge New junction A57 New signalised M67 junction A57(T) HYDE ROAD junction 4 Glossop Mottram in Longdendale A57 B6174 he row Brookfield New junction Riv layout Warhill A57 A560 Mudd New road Road to be de-trunked. This means we'll be handing the road to the local authority once the scheme is com…

People, places and processes: A guide to good design at National Highways Foreword Successful roads are the result of good design, not chance. Good design benefits road users, the places through which our roads pass and local communities. Good road design can also have wider positive environmental, social and economic impacts for regions and the country. We set out our design vision for the strategic road network in The road to good design. Ten principles of good road design support our vision f…

Note of "Without Notice" Hearing ttending Mrs Justice May (JM) John Litton KC (JL), Michael Feeney (MF) (Counsel for the Claimant) DLA Piper (Solicitors for the Claimant) National Highways Limited (Claimant) ate 26 July 2024 – Royal Courts of Justice, Courtroom 37 QB-2021-003576 National Highways v Persons Unknown Clerk This is a hearing on the matter of QB-2021-003576 – National Highways v Persons Unknown. JL Good afternoon My Lady, I appear today with my learned friend Mr Feeney, and the Defen…

Society relies on our road network for work journeys and home deliveries, visits to friends and family, holidays and the goods and services we all depend on. Society relies on our road network for work journeys and home deliveries, visits to friends and family, holidays, and the goods and services we all depend on.  As technology and travel evolves, this fund is helping us look beyond road journeys to do more for our customers and neighbours.   Through this fund, we aim to work more closely w…

We align our projects with our five innovation themes: design, construction and maintenance​ connected and autonomous vehicles​ customer mobility​ energy and environment ​ operations Our projects are generally cross-cutting, applying to more than one theme. Design construction and maintenance Trimble SiteVision– augmenting reality × Trimble SiteVision– augmenting reality The challenge We have been using drawings to explain where services and structures are located for many years. Thi…

Guidance Definition of Asset Management Responsibilities: Bridges and Structures Department for Transport/ADEPT/UKRLG/National Highways Date of issue: February 2022 Managing Network Occupancy Policy – Boundaries on Structures Notice This document and its contents have been prepared and are intended solely for information of the Department for Transport and use in relation to the Definitions of Asset Management Responsibilities: Bridges and Structures. This document has 28 pages including the cov…

Designated Funds Designated Funds gives extra value to our stakeholders and communities and goes beyond the work we undertake as a road operator. We specifically focus on themes and activities that can enhance road users and communities’ experiences on or near to the Strategic Road Network (SRN). In Roads Period 2 (2020-2025), we invested in over 2,500 schemes across the funding streams. Investing £89m this financial year (April 2025 to March 2026), we'll deliver schemes allocated to four fun…