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Back Published 12 September 2024 Press Release A host of volunteers have rolled up their sleeves and dug in to help progress the £4.1m Stafford Brooks biodiversity scheme enabling wildlife and nature to flourish in the town. Extensive work has already been completed by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust on the scheme enhancing grasslands and sites alongside the River Sow including creating new pools and creating wildflower meadows. But the next phase can’t be carried out with the usual heavy pla…

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Last updated - 08.10.2025 13:15 The latest planned full closure information for England's strategic road network. Smart Motorways – technology upgrade work with reduced speed limits Find out where we're working and what this means for your journey. Advance notification of full closures on England’s motorways and major A roads. Closures are listed by start date, select a day from the row above the closures list to see the planned closures for that day. Closures generally run 8pm-6am unless t…

Back Published 23 September 2024 Press Release National Highways is thanking motorway users, other drivers and local residents for their patience and support after a series of M62 closures and associated diversions over the last few weeks. Network Rail was replacing a bridge over the M62 between junction 19 and junction 20 at Rochdale and the motorway needed to be closed for two full weekends - and nightly for almost a fortnight in between - to allow the work to be done safely.    That wor…

Back Published 27 January 2025 News Press Release Residents and drivers can find out more about a new safety scheme due to get under way along the A46 in Warwickshire at two information events this week. Members of the project team will be on hand to talk about the scheme and answer any questions or concerns. As part of the work, National Highways is replacing the signage, renewing road markings and studs and carrying out some resurfacing between the Oversley Mill and Marraway roundabouts…

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 motorway re-opened shortly before 5am today – more than an hour early - following Network Rail’s demolition…

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) and 6am on Monday morning (23 September) to allow Network Rail to complete its important bridge replacement work.   The motorway was closed for a weekend earlier this month as Network Rail demolis…

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 improvements approaches completion. National Highways has been carrying out important upgrades on the important upgrades on the M621 between junctions 1 (Beeston) and 7. The scheme aims to ease congestion at k…

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 that has been tested by top engineers at the University of Nottingham. The trial is expected to reduce carbon emissions by nearly 70%, from 321 tonnes to 96 tonnes. This is equivalent to 229 one-way …

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’s experiences of roadworks have been revealed. Each of the winners will now get £15,000 to develop their ideas which will help take the sting out of roadworks for drivers, local businesses and commu…