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More than 40 bags of litter were collected when local schoolchildren joined forces with road workers carrying out major improvements to junction 10 of the M6.
Highways England has teamed up with police forces from all around Britain’s most iconic motorway in a new bid to improve safety.
Children in Lancashire have been praised for setting an example to drivers and focusing on the safety of road workers delivering high-profile junction improvements south of Fleetwood.
We have released the following statement to the media in response to the Smart Motorway Safety – Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan published by the Department for Transport:
A Manchester motorway is being given a lift up so that engineers can revitalise a 50-year-old bridge.
Ecologists found themselves a little adrift when trying to detect any signs of the elusive water vole living near the A5 – until they came up with an innovative idea.
Highways England has delivered a £10 million boost to cycleways across the East of England in the last five years in a bid to encourage more people to out into the great outdoors and onto their bikes.
Routine checks on lights along the Highways England road network are time consuming and often require lane closures – to the frustration of motorists.
A World War Two veteran, a headscarf heroine and Hull’s first female GP are among five figures who will the provide the inspiration to name Hull’s new bridge.
Highways England has released its first footage and images of a pioneering new vehicle being developed to eliminate one of the biggest risks facing roadworkers.
Wiltshire schoolchildren enjoyed a ‘road’ trip with a difference when they spent a day with Highways England at its South West Regional Operations Centre.
A 6,000-year-old elm tree leaf and stone age tools giving a glimpse of early life on a watery Fylde peninsula thousands of years ago will go on display for the first time next month.
State-of-the-art technology will be able to be deployed quickly, simply and safely.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Growing issues of litter on the roadsides of the South West have prompted a scheme to install bins and signage across a number of laybys in the region.
Highways England has been given the go-ahead for a congestion-busting and economy-boosting road scheme in Cornwall.
Britain’s biggest road project is set to open to drivers more than half a year early, Highways England announced today (Thursday 6 February).
Highways England has started an additional four-week period for people who responded to last year’s consultation on improving the A27 near Arundel to add to their responses.
A ground-breaking study of the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich has identified new measures that could help to keep the bridge open to traffic during periods of high winds.
This is the moment the 40-year-old Michaelwood Services footbridge was consigned to history in a massive overnight operation in Gloucestershire last weekend.
New images showing plans for Britain’s longest road tunnel connecting Kent, Essex and Thurrock have been released as the project begins its next phase of public consultation.
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