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Your property and blight 3 Content National Highways 4 Introduction 5 Blight explained 6 When a blight notice can be submitted 8 Applicant eligibility (qualifying interests) 8 Reasonable endeavours to sell the property 10 Requesting and submitting a blight notice 10 How we process a blight notice 13 Your options if we serve a counter-notice 14 Compensation 14 Referring compensation disput…

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 c…

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 pool…

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 dire…

Back Published 18 September 2024 Press Release When a tired old road sign disappeared from the spot where it had sat for almost 50 years on the M6 it sparked a social media buzz. Despite the many thousands of signs that National Highways has on its road network, the information sign for Keele Services in north Staffordshire was unusual in that it was in the central reservation and is…

National Highways Geotechnical Asset Performance: Deterioration Modelling for Decision Support (SPaTS Task 1-1061) GDMS Report ID: 37395 August 2022 Mott MacDonald 35 Newhall Street Birmingham B3 3PU United Kingdom T +44 (0)121 234 1500 mottmac.com National Highways Geotechnical Asset Performance: Deterioration Modelling for Decision Support (SPaTS Task 1-1061) GDMS Report ID: 37…

Back Published 07 October 2024 Press Release The A421 will reopen to traffic in both directions this morning for the first time in two weeks since major flooding. A section of the route has been closed since 22 September between the A6 at Bedford to the M1 junction 13, near Brogborough/Marston Moretaine, after a month of rainfall fell in under 48 hours. Martin Fellows, Regional Director for …

Back Published 26 October 2022 Press Release A National Highways funded scheme to help fish navigate the River Ashburn in Devon has gone swimmingly well – and completed in time for the autumn migration season. The construction of a new fish pass will help to support the eco system on the River Ashburn by assisting the migration of salmon, eels and other species through Ashburn Check …

Litter Approach Introduction Litter is a serious issue. It harms the environment, upsets our customers and damages our reputation. It also puts our people at risk when they have to collect it and it diverts time and money that’s better spent on improving the road network. Our vision is for ‘a network predominantly free from litter, without compromising safety and delivered affordably’. This approa…

Back Published 14 October 2024 Press Release A team of traffic officers gave up their time to help with the conservation of an 800-year-old priory – and unearthed a long lost piece of ancient wall. Swapping their National Highways uniforms for waterproofs, the volunteers had offered to help remove some of the thick vegetation and shrubbery that had grown over the ruins at Grace Dieu …