Road improvement and investment

Local roads, major roads, motorways, road resurfacing and making roads safer.

Services

Apply to close or divert a highway

Apply for a stopping up order to remove highway rights to permanently close or divert a highway.

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Guidance and regulation

Strategic road network and the delivery of sustainable development
- Guidance
- 23 December 2022
- Department for Transport and National Highways
Street works permit schemes
- Statutory guidance
- 31 March 2023
- Department for Transport
Designing and modifying residential streets: Manual for streets
- Guidance
- 29 March 2007
- Department for Transport and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
Rapid charging fund
- Detailed guide
- 8 January 2024
- Office for Zero Emission Vehicles and Department for Transport
CCTV and recording devices for traffic offences: list of certifications granted
- Guidance
- 15 November 2024
- Department for Transport and Vehicle Certification Agency

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News and communications

Transport Secretary pledges to fix pothole plague as she sees cutting-edge repair technology in action on Blackpool visit
- 26 September 2024
- Department for Transport
- Press release
Transport Secretary kickstarts 'bus revolution' as she promises to support local leaders to deliver better buses up and down the country
- 11 July 2024
- Department for Transport
- Press release
A1 in Northumberland – Morpeth to Ellingham development consent decision announced
- 24 May 2024
- Planning Inspectorate
- Press release
M3 Junction 9 Improvement development consent decision announced
- 16 May 2024
- Planning Inspectorate
- Press release
Transport Secretary visits Hampshire as record funding boost for resurfacing hits the road
- 16 May 2024
- Department for Transport
- News story

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Research and statistics

Highways asset management: funding and data collection survey
- 26 September 2024
- Department for Transport
- Research
Economic appraisal for investing in local highways maintenance
- 26 September 2024
- Department for Transport
- Research
Road length statistics (RDL)
- 21 March 2024
- Department for Transport
- Statistical data set
Road lengths in Great Britain: 2023
- 21 March 2024
- Department for Transport
- National statistics
Road condition statistics: data tables (RDC)
- 14 December 2023
- Department for Transport
- Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

Traffic regulation orders: changes to publishing requirements and special events order approvals
- 15 January 2024
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 18 April 2022
Traffic regulation orders: applying for and creating orders plus using data
- 13 July 2023
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 21 December 2018
A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet: full business case
- 22 February 2024
- Department for Transport and National Highways
- Policy paper
Network North
- 13 October 2023
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper
A417 missing link scheme full business case
- 30 June 2023
- Department for Transport and National Highways
- Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

Traffic Signal Obsolescence Grant and Green Light Fund allocations
- 20 March 2024
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
Highways maintenance funding allocations
- 20 December 2023
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
National Highways: Reported road casualties on the strategic road network
- 27 September 2023
- National Highways
- Corporate report
The Planning Inspectorate annual report and accounts 2022/23
- 29 June 2023
- Planning Inspectorate
- Corporate report
Route maps for cancelled Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Project
- 2 September 2021
- Closed organisation: Highways England
- Foi release

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