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Back Published 19 November 2024 Press Release 22% rise in winter breakdowns on motorways and major A roads in the last 5 years, reports National Highways   Nearly 40% of drivers planning a long journey over the festive season, as many admit to travelling without food, water or warm clothes   With nearly 40% of drivers planning a long journey of more than two hours over the festive b…

Back Published 25 September 2024 Press Release National Highways is warning road users that the M4 north of Bristol will be closed for a full weekend in October as part of the work on the A432 Badminton Road Bridge. The M4 will be closed in both directions between junctions 18 and 19 from 7pm Friday 18 October to 6am Monday 21 October while a trench is dug under the motorway. This wi…

Back Published 23 September 2024 Press Release It will be a case of all hands on deck for the next phase of a £23 million National Highways project to replace a motorway bridge. For the main bridge deck, on which vehicles run, and supporting structures at either side of the St Anne’s Road bridge in Denton, Greater Manchester, are to be demolished. The ageing bridge crosses the M67 a…

Back Published 16 October 2024 Press Release National Highways has teamed up with artist, James Owen Thomas to create a one-of-a-kind piece of art from roadside rubbish to show the dangers and disruption caused by litter dumped on roads.  James’ artwork celebrates nature and wildlife and is made up of litter he and a team from National Highways c…

Economic Role of National Highways Role 1: SRN-Reliant Sectors Contents 1. Introduction . 2 2. What are SRN-reliant sectors? . 3 3. What are the characteristics of road reliant businesses? . 5 4. What are the future trends affecting SRN-reliant sectors? . 7 5. The role of National Highways s…

Back Published 09 September 2024 Press Release Drivers are being reminded that a key section of the M62 will be closed nightly in both directions over the next two weeks. Network Rail is replacing a railway bridge over the M62 between junction 19 at Heywood and junction 20 at Rochdale. The old bridge was successfully removed during a weekend closure of the motorway this weekend.  The motorwa…

Back Published 19 December 2024 News Press Release The upgrade of the M6 between Warrington and Wigan moved to operation at 70 mph today (Thursday 19 December) helping to improve journey times and reliability for the tens of thousands of drivers who use the route daily. At 7am National Highways l…

Net zero highways: Our 2030 / 2040 / 2050 plan Progress report 2022-2023 September 2023 Foreword We’ve made huge strides since we published Net Zero Highways: our 2030 / 2040 / 2050 plan in 2021. In the year since we published our first update, we’ve seen the Government re-affirm its commitment for the whole economy to reach net zero by 2050 with the publication of Powering Up Br…

Back Published 18 February 2025 Press Release News   Residents and road users are being invited to meet the team behind a scheme to build a cycleway and make road improvements on the A52 Derby Road in Nottingham.     National Highways is carrying out the work between Priory roundabout and the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) roundabout.  The new cycleway and pedestrian footpath, which …

Planning for the future A guide to working with National Highways on planning matters October 2023 Contents Introduction . 1 Our role in planning .6 Our approach to planning .8 Key assessment considerations on planning matters .10 Engagement with plan-making .14 Engagement with decision-taking .18 Other statutory engagement .24 Funding .25 Key contacts .27 Acronyms .27 ii Introduction 1. …