National Highways

A12 roadworks completed

Two years of roadworks on the A12 near Colchester have been completed, with a concrete road surface replaced. The reconstruction, which involved completely removing the concrete road surface and some of the foundations, before rebuilding the road and resurfacing it with asphalt, was due to be completed late last year or early this year but […]

M42 and A12 voted “worst roads”

Drivers have rated the M42 as the worst motorway in England in a new survey from the independent watchdog, Transport Focus.  The Strategic Roads User Survey asked more than 9000 road users about their last journey on a motorway or major ‘A’ road managed by National Highways.  The M42’s place at the bottom of the league table […]

Logistics industry calls LTC delay “deeply concerning”

The Chief Executive of business group Logistics UK says the Transport Secretary’s decision to delay the decision on the Development Consent Order for the Lower Thames Crossing “runs counter to what the new government has said about getting Britain building again”. Logistics UK Chief Executive David Wells OBE called Louise Haigh’s decision “deeply concerning”, adding: […]

A-list speakers, exhibitor tips, groundbreaking innovations and where to find free beer – looking ahead to Highways UK on Highways Voices

The UK’s biggest highways and transport show of the year takes place next week at the NEC in Birmingham, and Highways Voices is your must-listen place to find out more about it. These programmes are brought to you thanks to the support of AGD and Traffic Group Signals, Q Point, SRL, Westcotec and SWARCO. In […]

Lower Thames Crossing decision delayed for six months

A decision on whether to go ahead with building the Lower Thames Crossing east of the Dartford Tunnel and QE2 Bridge will not be made until next May. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh says the delay is “in order to allow more time for the application to be considered further, including any decisions made as part […]

A421 reopens after flooding

The A421 in Bedfordshire has reopened after flooding forced its closure on 22 September. The road was blocked by floodwater between the A6 at Bedford to the M1 junction 13, near Brogborough/Marston Moretaine, after a month of rainfall fell in under 48 hours. Martin Fellows, Regional Director for National Highways in the East of England […]

A421: National Highways says floodwater being cleared as quickly as possible

The flooded A421 in Bedfordshire could reopen sometime this week as work continues to clear the road which has been shut since late last month. Martin Fellows, Regional director for National Highways in the East of England, told the Bedford Independent newspaper that the organisation has been taking the clear-up very seriously and working as […]

Lower Thames Crossing decision delayed

The Government has delayed announcing whether the Lower Thames Crossing will go ahead. It was expected that a yes or know on the link between Essex and Kent to the east of the Dartford Crossing would be given today. But an update on its website reads “an update will be provided on the application in […]