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The A1 is one of the country's longest roads, connecting London and Edinburgh. The route currently consists of motorway and dual carriageways, with some sections of single carriageway between Morpeth and Ellingham. Start date TBC End date TBC Cost TBC Latest updates Overview Documents Following the Government’s budget announcement on the 30 October 2024, the A1 Morpeth to Ellingham scheme has been cancelled. The scheme was identified as having poor value for money and limited economic ben…

Society relies on our road network for work journeys and home deliveries, visits to friends and family, holidays and the goods and services we all depend on. Society relies on our road network for work journeys and home deliveries, visits to friends and family, holidays, and the goods and services we all depend on.  As technology and travel evolves, this fund is helping us look beyond road journeys to do more for our customers and neighbours.   Through this fund, we aim to work more closely w…

Efficiency Report Year 3 2022-23 National Highways continues to be committed to connecting the country and driving social value through our focus on safety, customer and delivery. 2 National Highways Efficiency Report Year 3 – 2022-23 Contents Foreword 5 Executive summary 6 Introduction 8 The challenge 8 RP2 efficiency categories 8 Efficiency evidence 11 How we will deliver the KPI 13 Change control 15 Central risk reserve 17 Overview 17 Current position 17 Inflation 18 Managing risk and opportu…

Efficiency Report Year 4 2023-24 National Highways continues to be committed to connecting the country and driving social value through our focus on safety, customer and delivery. 2 National Highways Efficiency Report Year 4 – 2023-24 Contents Foreword 5 Executive summary 6 1. Introduction 8 Efficiency overview 8 Types of efficiency 9 Split of our RP2 efficiency target 12 Background to the efficiency challenge 15 What efficiency means to National Highways 16 2. How we will deliver the KPI 19 3. Change control 21 4. Central risk reserve (CRR) 22 Overview 22 Current position 22 5. Inflation 23 6…

POPE Methodology Manual Post-opening project evaluation for major projects March 2024 How do we assess the impacts on severance? 21 5. Value for money 23 What is ‘value for money’? 23 How do we monetise journey time benefits? 23 How do we monetise reliability? 24 How do we monetise indirect tax revenues? 25 How do we monetise vehicle operating costs? 25 How do we monetise safety benefits? 25 How do we assess scheme costs? 26 Annex A – Glossary 27 3 1. Introduction This document provides an overview of the current methodologies, processes, and technical assumptions that we employ in the post-op…

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Ash dieback is affecting trees on the land we manage. We're taking action to slow its spread and make sure trees along our strategic road network remain safe. Overview Documents We're committed to protecting the natural environment that surrounds our roads. We're responsible for 30,000 hectares of land and we want to foster a rich biodiversity across our soft estate. Trees are a very important part of this, whether we plant them ourselves or they're growing naturally on our land. We manage …

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 commitment to ‘give back’ to local communities by providing funding for projects, volunteer time, materials or arranging career-related activities in s…

National Highways Contracts Pipeline 2020-2025 Contents 02 03 05 07 Introduction Commercial case Supply chain strategy 09 11 13 National Highways Procurement strategy Information Technology capability and capacity 1 5 1 5 1 7 Continuous improvement Contract control framework National Highways Contracts Pipeline 03 Introduction 04 Introduction The National Highways Contracts Pipeline is the practical application of the National Highways supply chain strategy and sets out our purchasing intentions…

M1 SmogStop® Air Quality Barrier Trial Final Report Clients: National Highways and Gramm Barrier Systems Ltd Authors: Dr Andreas Kafizas & Dr Glyn Rhys-Tyler Date: August 18th 2023 Version: 1.3 Status: Final This page is intentionally blank PAGE 2 Record of changes Released to Version Reason for change Date Martyn Gannicott 1.0 Draft final report incorporating July 7th 2023 (National Highways) responses to comments from Gramm Barrier Systems Ltd. Martyn Gannicott 1.1 Draft final report incorporating July 11th 2023 (National Highways) further responses to comments from Gramm Barrier Systems Ltd…