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Form of Notification to Police and to Highways & Bridge Authorities This Form of Notification template is an interactive form designed in Adobe Acrobat Pro to be downloaded from the National Highways website, saved and stored on a local device. It can be opened, viewed, saved and edited in a PDF reader - preferably Adobe Reader v10 or above. Free versions are available for download on the web. This template is designed to be read by ESDAL in order that authorities can have a single, free to use …

Operational technology: our 2035 strategy Our strategy to 2035 Our operational technology services are vital to the smooth and safe running of our roads. The growing use of operational technology over recent decades has resulted in a complex landscape which we recognise needs to be made more accessible for our customers and our workforce. Our strategy is based around seven themes and we have set out our objectives and initiatives across this road period and the subsequent two road periods. 2025 …

Key Requirements for Third Party Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Key Requirements and Guidance for Promoters 30 April 2025 1. Introduction National Highways has a set of key requirements for Third Party Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), i.e., NSIPs promoted by an organisation other than National Highways. These requirements are needed to enable National Highways to fulfil its responsibilities to provide a safe, serviceable and effective network. If these requ…

Net Zero Highways plan 2025 update www.nationalhighways.co.uk Executive Summary This report, our fourth annual progress update since we published our Net Zero Plan in 2021, demonstrates that work towards achieving our net zero goals has continued at pace during the financial year April 2024 to March 2025. All of the commitments we pledged to complete by March 2025 have been achieved. In addition, our corporate and maintenance and construction targets have been verified by the Science Based Targe…

Post ORR Investigation Improvement Plan Six Month Update March 2025 Document Control Document Title Post ORR Investigation Improvement Plan – Six Month Update Owner Chief Customer & Strategy Officer Author Performance & Regulatory Compliance (PRC) Division Distribution All Directorates and ORR Document history Revision Description Date Author Notes Version 1.0 Final 31/03/2025 PRC Approved - 31-03-25 Introduction In February 2024, ORR launched an Investigation into National Highways’ performance…

Design review at National Highways: A guide Introduction Improving the design quality of the strategic road network has been a key ambition of National Highways since 2015. Design review provides project design teams with independent advice on good design. It helps schemes deliver positive impacts for local communities and better environmental outcomes. It also provides tangible benefits to us in terms of implementing best practice and working efficiently. Design reviews are a constructive dialo…

An Introduction to the Lean Visual Management Construction Foreword Highways England has three imperatives : Safety - our aim is that no one should be harmed when travelling or working on the strategic road network. We care about each other, our suppliers, our customers and communities. Customer Service – improving how what we do impacts those that use the roads. Delivering the Road Investment Strategy – on time and efficiently. Lean principles provide a foundation to help enable all of these pr…

Guide to Lean Visual Management Visual management is the connection between people, project and data. It is where information is provided in a simple format that is easy to understand and available at the work place. It enables teams to view their performance and provide information on what they need to action and where they can improve. Fundamentally it involves three things: Visual Displays These are large central communication points focused around up-to-date This Guide team-specific informat…

OFFICIAL 5. Management of the Historical Railways Estate (HRE) (Revised May 2025) High level description National Highways will manage the HRE, hereafter referred to as “The Estate”, as defined by the Public Bodies (Abolition of BRB (Residuary) Limited) Order 2013, on behalf of the Secretary of State. The Estate includes structures, property and land within England, Scotland and Wales. National Highways will inspect and safely maintain the former railways structures, manage parcels of former rai…

After a fair and open competition, Kim Shillinglaw is to join National Highways on 10 February 2025 as a Non-Executive Director of the Board.