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Digging up Gravesend’s past at St Andrews Gardens In this section We supported a four-day community excavation with a Gravesham based community archaeology group at St Andrew’s Gardens in Gravesend, involving a local school and volunteers. The project aimed to investigate this part of the town while encouraging greater engagement with its archaeology and heritage. Gravesend has a long and fascinating history, stretching back at least to the Roman period, and this heritage was reflected in the…

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 believed to be one of the oldest signs of its kind on the network, dating back to the mid-1970s. With so ma…

An HTML block empowers users to integrate custom HTML markup into their website. Responsive Vertical Timeline ICON We purchase 100% of our electricity via a certified renewables tariff ICON 95% of the SRN is within 20 minutes of a rapid charger 2020 ICON Begin implementation our first schemes based on our Reduce, Re-route, Re-Time, Re-mode strategy 2021 ICON An accredited construction and maintenance carbon management system is in place ICON Developed our solar PV roll out plan and …

Back Published 03 October 2024 Press Release The first phase of safety improvements on the M1 in West Yorkshire have now been completed, three months ahead of schedule.  The first phase of safety improvements on the M1 in West Yorkshire have now been completed, three months ahead of schedule.  National Highways is replacing the wire rope central barrier with a concrete one between junctions 47 and 43. The scheme is taking place in two phases. The first phase, between junctions 46 and 47, b…

Back Published 06 January 2025 Press Release News The television series focuses on archaeological finds over the last year and begins its twelfth series tomorrow with a look at a Roman stone coffin. Due to be broadcast at 8pm on BBC2, and presented by Professor Alice Roberts, the series opener features the story of an enormous hand carved stone coffin that had laid undisturbed since its burial in Roman times over 1,500 years ago. A team of archaeologists from Headland Archaeology set to w…

Back Published 27 October 2023 Press Release As National Highways enters the next phase of construction on one of Gloucestershire’s busiest links – the Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper was welcomed onto site on Friday (27 Oct) for a tour of the scheme and to celebrate progress so far. The landscape-led scheme is on its way to delivering a safe and resilient free-flowing road while conserving and enhancing the special character of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty …

Back Published 21 October 2024 Press Release Drivers are being advised to avoid a section of the M25 as significant disruption is likely to last into the evening as work continues to repair the carriageway following two major incidents. A serious HGV fire was reported shortly after 10pm yesterday (Sunday) between junction 5 near Sevenoaks and junction 6 near Godstone on the clockwise carriageway. Fire crews were at the scene for 10 hours, with the blaze causing major damage to the road sur…

Back Published 07 December 2022 Press Release Bat boxes, 300m of dead hedging and supplementary feeding and planting are among the innovative measures National Highways is taking to help support a population of nine species of bats that have made their home in Somerset. Bats are fascinating animals – the only true flying mammal. There are 18 species of bats in the UK, with the creatures accounting for more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK and around 20% of all mammal species world…

Back Published 26 September 2024 News Press Release The northbound carriageway of the A34 near Oxford will be closed this weekend for continuing resurfacing work to be carried out. The northbound carriageway of the A34 near Oxford will be closed this weekend for continuing resurfacing work to be carried out. The road will be closed from the Hinksey Hill junction to the A44 Peartree interchange from 9pm on Friday (27 September) until 6am on Monday (30 September). This follows four overnig…

Back Published 19 December 2024 Press Release The Operation Brock contraflow system on the M20 in Kent will be lifted this weekend, meaning sections of the M20 will be closed overnight on Sunday into Monday to facilitate the removal of the contraflow. Confirmation of the decision was reached today (Thurs 19 Dec) by National Highways and our partners in the Kent Resilience Forum. The contraflow has been in place on a 13-mile section of the M20 between junctions 8 (Maidstone east) and 9 (Ash…