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Published 01 Feb 2024 Seven companies have been shortlisted for our exciting carbon reduction competition and will receive between £15,000 and £30,000 to develop their ideas.  Share this article Ideas put forward that will proceed to the next phase include low-carbon fencing materials, recycling old concrete and using a unique climbing robot to carry out structure inspections.  The seven comp…

Environment We want our roads to work more harmoniously with the communities that live alongside them, and the built, natural and historic environments that surround them. Every aspect of our business has a part to play in improving environmental performance, alongside ensuring we meet our statutory obligations. We'll build on the progress made during the first road period and embed environmenta…

As a National Highways supplier, you'll benefit from our shared knowledge and accumulated experience, enabling you to become more efficient in your practice. In this section Lean efficiencies National Highways and our supply chain are involved in a number of initiatives to improve efficiency and …

Sustainability Report Designing the Lower Thames Crossing to be the UK’s greenest road ever Our goal of building the UK’s greenest road is at the heart of every decision we make. The Lower Thames Crossing 2024 / 2025 sustainability report outlines what we have accomplished so far, and what lies a…

The Supplier has an assigned individual responsible for data governance who is accountable for making sure that information created, collected, managed and used on behalf of National Highways, is done so in accordance with the information management system In this section Requirement A data governance manager is accountable for the implementation of National Highways requirements for good infor…

We require our suppliers to employ fully qualified and registered operatives, whose registration/skills cards show the status and categories of work that they're competent to do. Introduction Skills card schemes Health, safety and environment tests Construction Plant Competence Scheme Further information Introduction Registration and skills cards are issued by the Construction Skills Certif…

Share this article In 2020, at the start of the second road investment period (RIS2 2020-25), we published our first Digital, Data and Technology Strategy. Since then, we’ve seen a lot of change in both the post-pandemic world and our customers’ needs. As a result, we're refreshing our strategy for the rest of RIS2 and in preparation for RIS3 (2025-30). Digital, Data and Technology Strategy 202…

Lower Thames Crossing reveals shortlisted designs for low-carbon footbridge contest In this section Share this article   Published  05 Dec 2024 The future of the humble footbridge came a step closer today (5 December 2024), as we unveil the five designs that have been shortlisted for the low-c…

Your passport demonstrates you have the training, experience and qualifications to work safely on any National Highways site. The Highways Passport has two parts: Smartcard and database The passport database - with corresponding high security smartcard for each worker - gives you a single, transferable record. It confirms your authority to work in real-time, enforcing safety standards…

We work with a wide range of organisations and stakeholders to create and maintain a world class road network. Partners  Our partners include:  individuals and groups who have land near our network, rely on our network, or represent groups that use our roads   academic and research organisations that develop and pilot new techniques and innovations   transport providers  local authorities  …