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DfT funding will support a 5 year programme to improve roads and journeys with A63, A1079 and A161 among roads to benefit in the first year.
Highways England has appointed Balfour Beatty Atkins as its delivery partner to design and construct the new bypass which will take traffic away from the village of Mottram in Longdendale.
An innovative trial that seeks to treat spillages on England’s major A-roads and motorways more effectively, enabling roads to re-open more quickly, is being funded by National Highways.
Every new All Lane Running (ALR) motorway will open with technology in place to spot stopped or broken-down vehicles quickly.
Three beautifully carved benches created from an old oak tree and decorated in woodland creatures have been presented to the local community.
Millions of road-users in the south west of England are set to enjoy safer, quicker and smoother journeys, as Highways England delivers a £200 million package of improvements across the region over the next few months.
An automatic taper which can close off lanes in minutes and saves road workers having to put out cones in the face of oncoming traffic is to be trialled on the National Highways network.
Funding will ease congestion across cities, transform the school run and provide a boost to high street businesses.
In a bid to give back to nature, contractors upgrading junction 25 of the M25 on behalf of Highways England, had a pleasant surprise recently when they discovered stockpiles of soil had become the home to a variety of wildflowers.
If you’re travelling this April bank holiday, plan your journey and check your vehicle.
A first wave of funding announced which will enable 18 new road schemes to move on to the next stage of development.
Highways England has announced its ambitious new carbon plan that will see it rapidly cut carbon from road construction, maintenance and operations, and support the transition to zero emission vehicles.
Highways England has today unveiled the details of plans for £27.4 billion investment in the strategic road network across the country.
Earlier this week members of the National Highways and Balfour Beatty project team took time out from working on the upgrade of the busy M25 junction 10 scheme for a day of volunteering in the grounds of Cobham’s stunning Painshill...
The project will make sure that concrete roads are safer, quieter and easier to maintain for the future.
The government will immediately accept 12 recommendations from an independent review into responsibilities around surface water flooding
The incident was one of 240 offences – averaging 24 per day – recorded during Operation Peninsula, a multi-agency fortnight of action on the M5 and M4.
Speech about responding to local needs by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Homelessness Reduction Act helps 243,680 households to keep their home or move into longer term accommodation.
Ninety-three new state of the art gritters will be patrolling England’s motorways and major A roads this winter as part of a multi-million investment to help keep traffic moving in severe weather.
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