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A vital maintenance scheme for Harcombe Bridge on the A38 near Chudleigh, will start at the end of this month.
Drivers are advised that one lane will be closed on the westbound A64, on the approach to Bramham, overnight on 24 April and during the day on 25 April, to allow Northern PowerGrid to install a new electric supply
Draft orders for a modified route for local traffic via Catterick Lane and Tunstall Road that would be put in place as part of the A1 Leeming to Barton improvement scheme are being published today (17 April).
Work to improve journeys on a section of the A20 in Kent, near the M20 and M25, will take place next week.
The Midlands got a boost today with the launch of the latest stretch of ‘smart motorway’, making greater use of technology on the M6 near Birmingham, bringing improved journeys and less congestion.
Drivers using the M6 through Cheshire are being advised that Thelwall Viaduct will be subject to overnight carriageway closures next week as a £2.5 million maintenance project moves onto the northbound bridge.
Easter holidaymakers will travel more freely during the bank holiday weekend as 98% of England’s motorways and major A roads will be free of road works.
Drivers on the M25 are reaping the benefits of record roads investment as the first section of a new generation of motorways opened today.
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Follow the Red X code and don’t drive in a motorway lane with a Red X displayed.
The CCTV footage shows a caravan snaking out of control, narrowly missing other traffic on the M1 in Leicestershire, before overturning and colliding with the safety barrier.
Drivers are already starting to benefit from improvements to the M54 Forge roundabout, which have been completed ahead of schedule by the Highways Agency, despite challenging winter weather.
The Highways Agency will be resurfacing the M6 between junctions 15 and 16 near Stoke-on-Trent from Monday 14 April.
Overnight resurfacing starts this week on the clockwise M25 between junctions 4 (Orpington) and 5 (Sevenoaks) in Kent to provide smoother and safer journeys.
Plans for the £1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme moved a step closer today with the launch of a 10 week consultation.
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.
Final preparations are taking place for the M25 to become England’s first ‘smart’ motorway, improving journeys and boosting the economy.
A Highways Agency project to reduce congestion and improve access to Leeds and Wakefield will get underway on the M1 at junction 41, in West Yorkshire next week (7 April).
A package of work begins next Monday (7 April) to improve the surface of the northbound M1 and A1 in London, resulting in smoother journeys.
The introduction of a new scheme to improve journeys at the Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing will move a step closer later this month with the start of advance construction work.
Road users will benefit from new concrete safety barriers being installed on the central reservation of the M5 near Weston-super-Mare.
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