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Motorists and businesses have today paid tribute to the iconic Spaghetti Junction as the road marks 50 years since first opening to traffic.
Measures introduced to penalise companies responsible for leaving potholes on roads after carrying out street works.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The installation of new safety equipment on smart motorways without a permanent hard shoulder will be completed within the next five months, it was confirmed today.
After carrying traffic over the M6 for some 50 years, the old bridge which spanned the motorway at junction 10 disappeared in under 48 hours.
A behind the scenes look at how England’s motorways are managed features in Channel 5’s latest documentary looking at the work of National Highways.
National Highways has awarded a £460 million contract to Kier to design and deliver an upgrade to the A417 between Gloucester and Swindon.
Funding will support pioneering projects to decarbonise local highways infrastructure across the UK.
National Highways’ support for a national litter-picking campaign gained momentum as piles of rubbish were removed from the M56 in Cheshire.
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.
National Highways has completed a scheme to modify a bridge and provide safer and more accessible crossings over the A38 near Plymouth.
First-of-a-kind system scores machinery according to its level of automation
The proposal for the biggest investment on the north’s road network in a generation is moving into a new phase thanks to vital feedback from the public.
A £51.6 million upgrade of the A19 near Sunderland is the latest National Highways improvement to open to traffic in the North East.
National Highways is starting work on a series of enhancements on more than 60 miles of dynamic hard shoulder motorway across the country by upgrading the central reservation safety barriers.
National Highways has today revealed its preferred route for a multi-million-pound scheme that will fill in the dual carriageway gap on the crucial A46 trade corridor which connects the M5 with Humber Ports.
Three new weather forecasting contracts, which will help keep drivers moving, have been signed by the Met Office, DTN and MetDesk.
National Highways and ambulance crews ask drivers to respect the Red X and give them the space they need to reach incidents and treat casualties.
Every traffic officer vehicle is now equipped with plastic skates and battery boosters to move broken down vehicles to safety quicker
A new package of measures will protect millions of drivers from unfair and extortionate charges, with a new Code of Practice to help keep cowboy private parking firms in check.
Suzi Perry and Ortis Deley have teamed up to urge drivers to get a better understanding of smart motorways.
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