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Lean in National Highways Road Investment Strategy Period 2 2020-2025 Foreword The impact of the National Highways Lean programme can truly be seen as industry changing. I’m proud to say that practices such as Collaborative Planning, Lean Improvement interventions and Visual Management have become standard practice on our Major Project schemes and across our maintenance and operations programmes, helping to save time, reduce costs, minimise defects, improve health and safety and drive customer s…

Lean in National Highways Road Investment Strategy Period 2 2020-2025 Foreword The impact of the National Highways Lean programme can truly be seen as industry changing. I’m proud to say that practices such as Collaborative Planning, Lean Improvement interventions and Visual Management have become standard practice on our Major Project schemes and across our maintenance and operations programmes, helping to save time, reduce costs, minimise defects, improve health and safety and drive customer s…

POPE Methodology Manual Post-opening project evaluation for major projects March 2024 How do we assess the impacts on severance? 21 5. Value for money 23 What is ‘value for money’? 23 How do we monetise journey time benefits? 23 How do we monetise reliability? 24 How do we monetise indirect tax revenues? 25 How do we monetise vehicle operating costs? 25 How do we monetise safety benefits? 25 How do we assess scheme costs? 26 Annex A – Glossary 27 3 1. Introduction This document provides an overv…

Back Published 29 August 2024 Press Release Robots are revisiting Lancashire roadsides to help wildflowers to thrive a year after they were planted in a partnership to support wildlife and biodiversity. Robots are revisiting Lancashire roadsides to help wildflowers to thrive a year after they were planted in a partnership to support wildlife and biodiversity. After joining forces to create flower meadows along the M65 and A56 last year, National Highways and The Wildlife Trust for Lancashi…

Back Published 09 December 2024 News Press Release Three key routes in Cumbria and Lancashire are sharing in a £9 million investment in road safety projects across the North West. The A590 and A66 in Cumbria and the A585 in Lancashire are to get improvements designed to cut road traffic collisions as National Highways works to reduce killed and seriously injured (KSI) casualty figures. Work on the first of the three projects – which all feature the installation of new average safety camer…

National Highways Operational Metrics Manual July 2025 Contents Contents . 2 1. Introduction . 2 Introduction to the Operational Metrics Manual . 2 Background . 2 Description of the Operational metrics manual . 3 Intended audience for the Operational Metrics Manual . 3 2. Governance and assurance of KPI and PI metrics . 3 Governance and sign-off of metrics. 3 Change control. 4 Reporting arrangements . 5 Metric assurance . 5 3. Performance monitoring and reporting overview. 5 The Performance Spec…

Jump to section Strategy Priorities Roadmap View full strategy Environmental Sustainability Strategy   Our Vision: A connected country. A thriving environment Our 2050 vision is to provide a road network that supports the country’s transport needs but also protects and strengthens the natural environment and community wellbeing. Our economy, livelihoods and wellbeing are dependent on the natural world and we have a moral and economic duty to protect, restore and enhance the environment.…

We’re doing essential landscaping work on the A47 between Dereham and Swaffham, and near King’s Lynn. We're cutting down and removing diseased trees suffering from ash dieback disease along the A47. We will be replanting new trees of other native species that have been carefully chosen to ensure local habitats flourish. Where we don’t replant, we’ll allow nature to regenerate. Start date October 2024 End date November 2024 Cost TBC Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 17 Octo…

At National Highways, we’re committed to transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence (AI), including our chatbot, Highway. We understand the importance of explaining the answers given by AI systems. This statement aims to provide you with an understanding of how Highway operates and how it gives answers. 1. Chatbot overview Highways is designed to provide information about: Scheduled road closures on the Strategic Road Network Reporting issues in the Strategic Road …

We have tried and tested severe weather plans to help keep you safe and moving on our roads during winter. We operate our winter service from 1 October to early April each year. Our activities are designed to make your journeys more reliable and keep you and our workers safe. To help keep you on the move, we have over 530 gritters based at 128 depots strategically located across the network. At the start of each winter, we have around 280,000 tonnes of salt stored in our barns. When the weath…