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National Highways team on point with repairs to historic fingerpost

Back Published 21 October 2024 Press Release National Highways has stepped in to restore an historic fingerpost that had fallen into disrepair alongside the busy A5. The post, at the junction of the A5 Watling Street and Chester Road in Brownhills, was erected more than 40 years ago, in January…

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/national-highways-team-on-point-with-repairs-to-historic-fingerpost/

Traffic bulletin: Overnight M62 closures following successful bridge demolition

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 …

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/traffic-bulletin-overnight-m62-closures-following-successful-bridge-demolition/

Congestion warning ahead of second M62 weekend closure at Rochdale

Back Published 18 September 2024 Press Release Drivers planning to use the motorway network around Rochdale, Oldham and north Manchester this weekend are being urged to check traffic conditions before setting out on journeys - with the M62 totally closed between 9pm on Friday night (20 September…

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/congestion-warning-ahead-of-second-m62-weekend-closure-at-rochdale/

M621 major improvement scheme in Leeds enters final stages

Back Published 13 September 2024 Press Release Motorists in Leeds will soon see better journeys on a city motorway as a two-year programme of major improvements approaches completion. Motorists in Leeds will soon see better journeys on a city motorway as a two-year programme of major improvemen…

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/m621-major-improvement-scheme-in-leeds-enters-final-stages/

Pioneering National Highways resurfacing project aims to reduce carbon emissions by 70%

Back Published 23 September 2024 Press Release National Highways will be trialling the lowest carbon asphalt resurfacing scheme ever attempted on England’s motorways and major A roads. The trial, which will begin in Yorkshire on the A64 from Bramham to Headley Bar, involves using a new asphalt …

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/pioneering-national-highways-resurfacing-project-aims-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-by-70/

Winners of National Highways competition to ease pain of roadworks are announced

Back Published 01 March 2023 Press Release A host of new ideas to take the sting out of roadworks for drivers, local communities and businesses are to be trialled thanks to a National Highways competition. Ten winners of a National Highways innovation competition launched to help improve people…

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/winners-of-national-highways-competition-to-ease-pain-of-roadworks-are-announced/

All hands on deck for next phase in £23 million bridge works

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 bridg…

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/all-hands-on-deck-for-next-phase-in-23-million-bridge-works/

Safety boost for major A roads in Cumbria and Lancashire

Back Published 09 December 2024 News Press Release Three key routes in Cumbria and Lancashire are sharing in a £9 million investment in road safety projects across the North West. The A590 and A66 in Cumbria and the A585 in Lancashire are to get improvements designed to cut road traffic collis…

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/safety-boost-for-major-a-roads-in-cumbria-and-lancashire/

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