Smart Motorway Alliance on the search for local businesses and SMEs across the country to support programme of improvements
The Smart Motorway Alliance is calling on local businesses and small medium enterprise (SME) across the country to get involved in a programme of improvements and enhancements for England’s motorways. The Alliance is actively seeking registrations for its SME directory, a database of local businesses and their specialisms. This database will be used both by […]
Highways England to build large woodland next to Lower Thames Crossing route
Highways England has announced that a new woodland the size of 135 football pitches will be planted in partnership with Forestry England in Essex, alongside the route of the proposed Lower Thames Crossing. The woodland at Hole Farm near Great Warley, Brentwood in Essex is at the heart of plans to boost the wildlife and […]
Highways England joins Keep Britain Tidy’s Million Mile Mission to clear network of rubbish
Highways England has joined Keep Britain Tidy’s Million Mile Mission to help clear litter from the roads. The organisation said it litter picks somewhere on its network almost every day. Now, it is taking part in Keep Britain Tidy’s campaign, helping by keeping England’s motorways safe and well-maintained while also encouraging drivers to take their litter home. […]
HE hoping for early A19 completion
Highways England has announced that major work to upgrade a busy section of the A19 in Teeside, designed to bring safer and better journeys for drivers, is stepping up a gear. It says it’s making good progress on increasing the capacity between the A1027 Norton and A689 Wynyard junctions and expects to finish the scheme […]
Highways England unveil plans to transform junction 9 of the M3
Highways England has unveiled plans to transform junction 9 on the M3 at Winnall in Hampshire. The organisation will now start a new public consultation after an initial consultation in 2019 provided some ‘important comments’. These include the length available for vehicles to change lanes when joining the A34 from junction 9 and then heading […]
Importance of consistent traffic info highlighted in HE tweet
Highways England has had to take to social media to correct an apparently incorrect entry on Google Maps saying that the M4 was shut. Possibly millions of drivers rely on the free mapping service for their traffic routing, as it mixes sat nav directions with live traffic to suggest the quickest routes. However yesterday Highways […]
New lead for Costain’s Highways England account team
Simon Ellison has been appointed as Costain’s Highways England client director and will be responsible for maintaining and developing the relationship of our longstanding client. A chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Simon joined Costain in 1997 and has held several senior leadership roles including highways sector director. Commenting on the […]
Footage shows driver on phone narrowly avoid hitting police in HGV ‘supercab’
Highways England has published footage of a lorry driver veering across a lane and nearly crashing into an unmarked lorry containing Police officers on the lookout for people using their phones at the wheel. The two officers in the HE “Supercab” on the M40 in Warwickshire spotted the driver using his phone. It’s one of […]
Highways trial new public feedback tool as part of its M56 upgrade project
Highways England has launched a new feedback tool to help get more information from the public on what they think about its projects. Trialed as part of Highways England’s M56 upgrade project, ECHO lets the public tell the construction teams about their thoughts on the work and project. Highways England is currently working to install […]
Highways England signs agreement with emergency services across the West Midlands to speed up responses to incidents on roads
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. The agreement cements the collaboration between the services and sets out clear roles to enable more efficiency at the scene as well as managing the road network, meaning less […]