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If you're using your vehicle for the first time in a while this May bank holiday, Highways England Traffic Officer Dave Harford has some important advice.
Veering on to the hard shoulder and back again, narrowly avoiding a collision with another HGV, the driver caught in the footage was using his mobile phone at the wheel.
The A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross improvement has been designed to protect the environment with 33 multi species crossing points
Highways England and emergency services across the West Midlands have signed up to a new agreement which will see incidents on roads dealt with more swiftly.
Here’s the moment little Noella, an injured bat rescued from a roadside on the Somerset-Devon border, was given a second chance after being released back into the wild last week.
Led by the WJ Group, the Product Carbon Footprint Model is a quick, efficient, and reliable means of assessing and reducing carbon on its products.
Rescuers flew to the aid of a mother duck when her ducklings disappeared into the drainage system near a Highways England road improvements scheme.
Highways England is taking active measures to improve air quality in the Dorset village of Chideock.
A deteriorating Nineteenth Century railway bridge in Oxfordshire is to be restored to its former glory as part of a renovation project led by Highways England.
A new framework will help us work directly with archaeological contractors
A new type of material that acts like an anti-ageing cream for roads could prevent the need for roadworks and reduce the environmental impact.
Every new All Lane Running (ALR) motorway will open with technology in place to spot stopped or broken-down vehicles quickly.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Department for Transport has received the Highways England first year progress report on the All Lanes Running motorways stocktake.
Cutting edge technology that monitors tyre pressures, tread depth and the axle weight of HGVs has been hailed for its potential in boosting safety on the roads.
Highways England has awarded a £328 million contract to design and deliver an upgrade to the A358 between the M5 at Taunton and the Southfields roundabout on the A303 to Taylor Woodrow Plus.
Highways England is inviting tenders on two roads contracts worth a combined £1.9 billion to build routes north and south of the Thames on the proposed Lower Thames Crossing project.
Highways England Strategic Design Panel publishes its fourth progress and recommendations report
If you haven’t driven for a while due to lockdown, check that your car is safe before you travel.
The project will make sure that concrete roads are safer, quieter and easier to maintain for the future.
Highways England has announced the appointment of Lawrence Gosden as a non-executive director to the Board.
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