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Back Published 24 October 2024 Press Release Six massive steel beams, each weighing 130 tonnes and measuring 37 metres in length, will be installed to form the new Roxton Road bridge as part of the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements. National Highways will close the A421 in Bedfordshire over the first two weekends of November to install six massive steel beams for the new Roxton Road bridge, marking a major milestone on the £1 billion A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements. …

National Highways Podcast Episode 1 – Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow Mel Clarke Hello and welcome to a series of podcasts that explores the future of the England’s road network. Making it greener, safer, smarter and more reliable. And we’ll be doing that by talking to the people that make those possibilities a reality. My name is Mel Clarke and I’m Customer Services director Operations for National Highways. I’m also the Founder and Chairwoman of National Highways Leading Women…

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…

Back Published 21 January 2025 News Press Release Beaumond House Hospice Care has been given some much-needed media equipment thanks to community funding provided by the team behind the planned dualling of the A46 Newark Bypass.  The hospice has been awarded over £3,200 from the project’s social value fund, part of a wider National Highways commitment to ‘give back’ to local communities by providing funding for projects, volunteer time, materials or arranging career-related activities in s…

Back Published 30 June 2023 Blog Our response to a column in The Guardian on National Highways use of injunctions published on 29 June 2023 Safety is National Highways top priority. We want everyone who uses our roads to be able to get home to the people they love and for the things they love doing.  That’s why when protests started taking place on our motorways and major A-roads in late 2021, we were extremely concerned. Walking out into traffic moving at 70mph or climbing up gantries and…

Find out about National Highways' role in the planning system and how we are aiming to be a proactive planning partner. Our role in the planning system We are a statutory consultee in the planning system. You are encouraged to seek early advice from us if your development proposal: is likely to result in an adverse impact on the safety of, or queuing, on the strategic road network (SRN) is likely to prejudice the improvement, construction or maintenance of the SRN consists of or includes th…

Following the conclusion of the Spending Review, the Government has taken the decision to cancel the A358 Taunton to Southfields scheme. Latest updates Overview Documents Related road projects Following the Government’s budget announcement on the 30 October 2024, the A358 Taunton to Southfields scheme has been cancelled. The scheme was identified as having poor value for money and limited economic benefits for the region.   We’ve now been instructed to remove the Route Protection in place …

Back Published 26 September 2024 News Press Release The northbound carriageway of the A34 near Oxford will be closed this weekend for continuing resurfacing work to be carried out. The northbound carriageway of the A34 near Oxford will be closed this weekend for continuing resurfacing work to be carried out. The road will be closed from the Hinksey Hill junction to the A44 Peartree interchange from 9pm on Friday (27 September) until 6am on Monday (30 September). This follows four overnig…

Our Approach to Asset Management May 2022 Foreword Asset management is our core business, it is Everyone at National Highways is involved in asset the service we provide to maintain, operate, and management. Our ambition is to connect our activities enhance England’s strategic road network, safely, better, so that we work together to deliver and reliably and effectively for all our customers – making continuously improve the service we provide. This a real difference. We manage 4,300 miles of ro…

Third parties and safety governance Management arrangement 02 October 2023 Document history Revision Purpose description Originated Reviewed Authorised Date Created RM AMK/IR/ 22/08/23 SS/RW/ LC Second draft after RM Legal 11/09/23 feedback Services Final RM JG 02/10/23 | 02/10/23 Third parties and safety governance management arrangement Page 2 of 9 Introduction The purpose of this document is to describe the Management Arrangement in place through safety governance arrangements as required in …