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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 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…

Back Published 14 November 2022 Press Release The importance of embracing new autonomous technology has been highlighted by current and former traffic management workers who say the innovations are helping to keep them safe. It comes as Road Safety Week launches today (Monday 14 Nov), with the spotlight on the theme of ‘Safer Roads for All’. National Highways believes nobody should come to harm while travelling or working on its roads and is therefore investing in connected and autonomous …

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…

Making a difference for our customers We'll be by our customers' side, keeping them moving by providing exceptional services. The needs of our customers are central to everything we do. We’re listening to the people who rely on our roads, making sure that the feelings and experiences of those affected by our work shape the things we do. Our customers are diverse. They include the people who use our roads – be it in a car, a goods vehicle, on a motorcycle or bicycle, on horseback or on foot – …

Back Published 23 September 2024 Press Release 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 a National Highways competition, also saved an estimated £45,000 by consolidating work and enabling the cancellation of one in 28 shifts. The time-saving technology, developed by Alchera Technologies, was one of three finalists in the competiti…

Our Stakeholder Advisory Forum (SAF) includes key stakeholders with an interest in active travel, heritage, ecology and heritage railways. Role and purpose The role of the forum is to provide advice in support of the development of our strategy, policy and activity in the care and upkeep of the Historical Railways Estate (HRE). Chaired by National Highways, the forum is made up of the following organisations: Department for Transport Sustrans Railway Paths Ltd Railway Heritage Trust The …

Back Published 11 October 2024 Press Release This afternoon the A421 eastbound carriageway, near Marston Moretaine, reopened for the first time since record rainfall forced its closure almost three weeks ago, allowing traffic to return to the road in both directions. Martin Fellows, Regional Director for National Highways in the East Region, welcomed the development and said: “We’re pleased to have the eastbound carriageway of the A421 open again, within 24 hours after seeing westbound traf…

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