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The A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Project application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport.

• Updated: 8 March 2024

Today, 12 January 2024, the A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Scheme application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport.

• Updated: 12 January 2024

Legislation change allowing longer lorries and longer semi-trailers on roads will save 70,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from being released into the air.

• Updated: 10 May 2023

Government commitment to develop new green technologies in Scotland will improve connectivity, create jobs and encourage people to walk and cycle.

• Updated: 3 April 2023

Announcing a consultation on an updated national networks national policy statement (NNNPS) for developers of new road, rail and rail freight schemes.

• Updated: 14 March 2023

Government pledges £10 million to support innovation in transport decarbonisation.

• Updated: 2 February 2023

Funding for 7 local highways authorities to develop and use new technologies to reduce emissions, improve regional connectivity and move to net-zero local roads.

• Updated: 25 January 2023

Today, 16 November 2022, the A57 Link Roads (previously known as Trans Pennine Upgrade Programme) application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport

• Updated: 16 November 2022

Today, 16 November 2022, the A417 Missing Link application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport

• Updated: 16 November 2022

New technology will identify antisocial drivers and reduce noise pollution.

• Updated: 18 October 2022

On 18 August 2022, the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Road Improvement scheme application was granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport. 

• Updated: 19 August 2022

Investment in transport schemes in Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton.

• Updated: 3 June 2022

Funding will support pioneering projects to decarbonise local highways infrastructure across the UK.

• Updated: 7 April 2022

National Highways has created a new division for Environmental Sustainability as it underlines its commitment to the environment and achieving net zero carbon.

• Updated: 7 January 2022

By recycling materials from the old road, contractors cut carbon footprint by 23%

• Updated: 17 November 2021

Farmers and landowners across three river catchments in Yorkshire and the North West are harnessing the power of nature in a pilot scheme to better protect the major road network from flooding.

• Updated: 8 November 2021

Wall-climbing robots, acoustic sensors and laser technology are among the pioneering ideas which could help write off graffiti from alongside National Highways roads in the future.

• Updated: 26 August 2021

Highways England is accelerating the use of warm mix asphalts as standard across its supply chain as part of a drive toward net zero carbon emissions.

• Updated: 18 August 2021

In a bid to give back to nature, contractors upgrading junction 25 of the M25 on behalf of Highways England, had a pleasant surprise recently when they discovered stockpiles of soil had become the home to a variety of wildfl…

• Updated: 11 August 2021

A cornucopia of colour is a sight to bee-hold on busy roadside verges in Yorkshire, creating the perfect habitat for bees and other pollinators.

• Updated: 16 July 2021