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Published 23 Jul 2024 An innovative study assessing the environmental importance of brownfield sites is being coordinated by our Historical Railways Estate (HRE), contractor Balfour Beatty and Edinburgh Napier University. Share this article Our project partners are undertaking an extensive survey programme which could change the way brownfield sites are assessed in the future in terms of their unique biodiversity value and reconnecting fragmented habitats vital to plant and wildlife populati…

We’re the government company which plans, designs, builds, operates and maintains England’s motorways and major A roads, known as the strategic road network (SRN) We manage and improve the strategic road network to make journeys safer, smoother and more reliable. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery. Safety We want everyone who uses and works on our roads to get home safe and well. By planning and designing roads that meet the highest levels of safety, we can reduce the number o…

Modern slavery is the illegal exploitation of people for personal or commercial gain. Victims are controlled by force, threat, coercion and deception. It can take various forms including trafficking of people, forced labour, sexual or criminal exploitation or domestic servitude. We have published this statement in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act, 2015. The Act requires any organisation with a global annual turnover of £36million or above which operates in the United Kingdom to produce an annual statement. This should detail the steps taken during the financial year to ensure modern sla…

3/359 Editing Anglo French Publication on Bridge Management TR 3/372 Whole life CostBenefit Analysis for Median Safety Barriers A A Practical Laboratory Tool For Pavement Foundation Design A radical new approach to pavement design ABP treated salt spread rate research ABP Treated Salt Trial Accessibility Accident cluster Analysis optimisation Accumulation and Dispersal of Suspended Solids in Watercourses Acetylene gas, its use and transportation — Phase 2 Achieving best value through …

The bridge carries the B262 over the former Gravesend West Branch. Built in the 1880s, the line captured river traffic from Southend and Clacton via Gravesend Pier. Share this article Location: Southfleet, north-west Kent Status: Works completed spring 2025 History The original line was built in the 1880s to capture river traffic from Southend and Clacton via Gravesend Pier and thence by train to/from London via Farningham and Swanley. By 1910 the Southend/Clacton – Gravesend River steamers…

Our Environment fund is helping us operate our business in an environmentally responsible way, while making sure sustainability shapes our work from start to finish. We have a 2050 vision to provide a road network that supports the country’s transport needs but also protects and strengthens the natural environment and community wellbeing. Read more about our Environmental Sustainability Strategy.   Working with us  We're looking to work with partners who can help us support Landscape Scale Co…

Our main role is to keep the Historical Railways Estate structures maintained and safe. But we also work with partners to find new uses for the structures and bring them back into public use Here we outline the processes we follow to hand over structures to other organisations who want to make use of them, and how we make decisions about structures that are in a critical condition. Bringing structures back into use We’re passionate and committed to finding new uses for the structures we look after whenever we can. We work with many organisations who may be able to give them a new lease of l…

Lend a Paw, campaign resources   Lend a Paw campaign partner toolkit Campaign objective The campaign goal is to reduce the amount of roadside litter by influencing customer behaviour to refrain from dropping litter and increase awareness of the impact of litter on the strategic road network. Campaign key message Litter kills an estimated 3 million animals every year.* Discarded roadside rubbish and food attract wildlife to their death. Use a bin, or wait until you get home. Lend a paw. Bin your litter. *Estimate based on Keep Britain Tidy, Journal of Litter and Environmental Quality.…

The standard terms and conditions relating to our traffic camera/CCTV services. Reproduction for private use The traffic images are Crown Copyright protected and may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium as long as it is for non-commercial research or private study, subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Licensing for internal circulation within an organisation or reuse and copying to others The traffic images may only be re-u…

We want to do all we can to look after the wellbeing of everyone who uses our roads or lives and works near them. This includes making a difference when it comes to air quality. In this section We know that emissions from vehicles using our roads, particularly nitrogen dioxide (NO2), contribute to poor air quality, posing risks to people’s health and wellbeing. We also know that there’s a long-term solution to poor air quality: replacing older vehicles that create pollution with ones that are…