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Back Published 04 March 2025 Press Release A team working for the Historical Railway Estate (HRE) visited St Augustine’s CE Primary School recently to tell pupils about a scheme being undertaken on a nearby Victorian railway tunnel with a tragic history. A team working for the Historical Railway Estate (HRE) visited St Augustine’s CE Primary School recently to tell pupils about a scheme being undertaken on a nearby Victorian railway tunnel with a tragic history. The school, part of Vantage…

Key requirements for Third Party Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Statement of Requirements 30 April 2025 1. Introduction National Highways is the government owned company which plans, designs, builds, operates and maintains England’s motorways and major A roads, known as the Strategic Road Network (SRN, ‘the network’). We manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. National Highways was appointed …

Achieving our vision of a connected country with safer, smoother and more reliable journeys for our customers, relies on successful outcomes from us and our supply chain partners. Roads Academy is a joint initiative with the roads industry to develop current and future leaders and solve sectoral challenges. New intake dates for Aspiring Leaders and Strategic Leaders programmes The next intake for Aspiring Leaders is 20 October 2025 and Strategic Leaders is 22 October 2025. For future intake d…

Back Published 26 June 2023 Press Release News Emerging innovations and ideas are being sought for a research project which hopes to detect defects in bridges and other road structures sooner without the need for disruptive investigation techniques. National Highways is looking to revolutionise the way it monitors and maintains bridges and other structures by hunting out new and innovative ways that will spot potential defects sooner. Research has begun to help National Highways on the am…

Back Published 03 March 2025 Press Release National Highways and the Vision Zero South West Road Safety Partnership are taking steps to improve safety along the A38 in Cornwall by delivering an average speed camera scheme between Carkeel and Trerulefoot. Working in partnership with Cornwall Council and Devon & Cornwall Police and other external partners, the company, responsible for England’s motorways and strategic A roads, has identified safety issues on the six-mile section. The latest …

Lean Tracker Q & A document 5th June 2024 Version 1.1 © 2022 National Highways Lean Tracker Q&A Question Answer 1) When should a Lean project be entered onto the Lean Tracker? Set up allows Lean project entries to be made at any (at start of project / once project complete)? stage. Account holders can use the “Manage Projects” area of the site to review, update, pause or delete projects. 2) Can you cut and paste details into the Project Form? Yes, manual entry fields allow you to click and paste…

Back Published 11 October 2024 Press Release National Highways is making essential improvements to lorry parking facilities across the country, to keep Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) drivers comfortable, safe and well.  This investment of £13 million is a vital step in addressing the challenges faced by HGV drivers, who are key to the UK economy. Last year a survey revealed the issues are limited parking, inadequate and unclean facilities and security for both drivers and their vehicles.   The …

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…

Back Published 23 October 2024 Press Release The Lower Thames Crossing has today (Wednesday, 23 October) launched a pilot Skills Hub providing work-based training courses for participants that include men and women on day release from Kent based prisons and local people already in the construction workforce seeking higher skilled jobs. The service seeks to break down employment barriers for local people including prison leavers, long-term unemployed, and women returners by offering free tra…

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…