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Safer streets, safer vehicles and safer people means more choice, makes transport more efficient and makes London more liveable.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
An extra lane will be added to the M56 near Altrincham as part of a major project to tackle congestion in the area.
The litter blighting England's motorways costs at least £6 million a year to collect and could fill an Olympic sized swimming pool four times over, latest figures from the Highways Agency show.
An unmarked HGV cab is taking to the road for the final time after catching over 5,000 careless drivers in the past three years.
Improvements to a major Yorkshire junction has passed the halfway stage this week and drivers will notice a change in the layout of the roadworks on the M1 at junction 45 (Leeds).
Employment Tribunal decision.
Hard shoulder running tests will take place this Sunday, 30 March on a short stretch of the M6 in Birmingham, with a view to an extra lane becoming fully operational by Easter. A further day of testing on Sunday 6...
Approval granted to design and obtain permissions for a new road between the M56 Manchester Airport Spur and the A6 at Hazel Grove.
On 17 May Transport Secretary Chris Grayling officially opened a new section of Britain’s longest road, the A1, helping to give drivers faster and safer journeys.
M1 capacity and safety improvements given go-ahead.
The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of 12 March but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All our improvement work is carried out...
Highways England helps out local village near Truro with their community project.
Drivers in Cheshire are set to benefit from a major road improvement that gets underway today (14 November) to upgrade a five mile section of the A556 to dual carriageway.
Drivers in Greater Manchester are to benefit from £305 million worth of road improvements over the next few years with some significant investment in the county’s motorways and major A roads over the next few months.
Government launches consultation on which roads to include in new Major Road Network.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of 20 February but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All our improvement work is carried out...
A £2.9 million Highways Agency project to boost safety and reduce congestion around key junctions along the A585 south of Fleetwood in Lancashire is underway.
The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of 26 February but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All our improvement work is carried out...
Work to improve a busy junction on the M5 near Birmingham starts next week and will require changes to the road layout and temporary speed limits.
Response to article 'Motorway speeds: Get used to driving at 40mph, says top highways official' - 14 May 2014
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