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Drivers and residents are being given the chance to influence plans for a new £228 million bypass to improve journeys between Manchester and Sheffield.

• Updated: 5 November 2020

The main construction work on the region’s latest motorway upgrade, along the M56 in Greater Manchester and Cheshire, will get underway this month.

• Updated: 3 November 2020

A unique viaduct’s footbridge, located within the Scottish Borders, is to receive a much-needed facelift for residents, walkers and generations to come.

• Updated: 27 October 2020

The government is set to enhance the safety and capacity of the A595 at Grizebeck, Cumbria, in the latest step towards levelling up transport infrastructure in the North.

• Updated: 27 October 2020

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Wessex Archaeology Limited wins £35 million contract for archaeological protection and excavation work ahead of the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down (Stonehenge ) upgrade

• Updated: 21 October 2020

The government has pledged £42 million to level up northern transport infrastructure.

• Updated: 16 October 2020

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Plans for a new bypass for Arundel on the A27 in West Sussex have been announced by Highways England today (Thursday 15 October).

• Updated: 15 October 2020

Highways England opens a consultation on its updated designs for the ‘A417 Missing Link’ on Tuesday 13 October

• Updated: 13 October 2020

Problems with dangerous and unauthorised parking at a popular country park could soon be a thing of the past after workers from a nearby Highways England improvements scheme stepped in to help.

• Updated: 12 October 2020

Funding for Changing Places toilets at 22 motorway service stations.

• Updated: 12 October 2020

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Early start on construction demonstrates government commitment to transport infrastructure in the North.

• Updated: 8 October 2020

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Residents in the Dorset village of Morcombelake can now safely negotiate the busy A35 thanks to Highways England funding a new pedestrian crossing.

• Updated: 6 October 2020

Highways England has today announced its continuing investment in boosting the South West’s cycle ways by funding a new project in Plymouth.

• Updated: 29 September 2020

Residents on either side of a busy stretch of the M6 have been trying out a new £1.8 million footbridge which has reunited their communities.

• Updated: 29 September 2020

Industry led Highways England Passport Scheme makes moving from site to site easier and more efficient

• Updated: 25 September 2020

Motorists have been able to snatch a first glimpse on the roads of a pioneering cone-laying vehicle that will eliminate the need for roadworkers to do the job from the back of a truck.

• Updated: 24 September 2020

Three beautifully carved benches created from an old oak tree and decorated in woodland creatures have been presented to the local community.

• Updated: 17 September 2020

‘Murdoch’s Connection’ immortalises the city’s first female GP, Dr Mary Murdoch. The name was chosen by school students in an essays competition.

• Updated: 11 September 2020

An audit into the mapping of potholes driven by data from on-road businesses has been launched.

• Updated: 28 August 2020

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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.

• Updated: 24 August 2020