Roadworks pause helps football supporters get home
Resurfacing roadworks on the A14 in Suffolk were paused to help football supporters get home after Ipswich Town’s Championship match against Hull City this week. To ensure their journeys to and from Portman Road were straightforward, National Highways lifted its overnight road closure between Newmarket and Stowmarket. The resurfacing project on the westbound carriageway resumed […]
Sisk and Graham win places in £1bn National Highways concrete road replacement deal
Following on from Mondays announcement that Kier had secured a place on National Highways’s £1bn Legacy Concrete Roads Reconstruction framework, Graham and Sisk have also now secured their slots to rebuild England’s ageing concrete motorway and trunk road network. National Highways’ framework, spanning RIS3 and the start of RIS4, will drive a major rebuild of […]
Suffolk: Drivers face 53-mile A14 diversion
Drivers in Suffolk are facing major diversions as a section of the A14 has closed for the next week. National Highways is carrying out essential maintenance on the westbound carriageway of the major route near Stowmarket, with the westbound side of the road scheduled to be closed nightly between junctions 51 and 46 from 8pm […]
Almost five million drivers say their behaviour worsens behind the wheel
National Highways is urging drivers to leave sufficient space as new research reveals widespread tailgating and declining road etiquette. Britain prides itself on politeness and consideration, yet millions of drivers feel their day-to-day manners worsen when they get behind the wheel.today manners worsen when they are driving. Key findings included: The new research forms part of National Highways’ ongoing campaign to […]
‘Environmental issue’ delays M5 closures between Taunton and Tiverton
National Highways has confirmed that planned closures between J25 (Taunton) and J27 (Tiverton) of the M5 will no longer be going ahead due to what it called an ‘environmental issue’. The motorway was scheduled to be closed between Taunton and Tiverton as part of a scheme that followed Somerset Council’s concrete renewal at Junction 26 […]
Lower Thames Crossing: National Highways responds to Sunday Times’ “foreign steel” claims
The 15 February edition of the Sunday Times carried an article suggesting the Lower Thames Crossing is set to be built with foreign steel. National Highways has issued a response, in the form of a blog, that dismisses the newspaper’s claims, insisting: “This is not the case”. Highways News ran the story yesterday, but the […]
Lower Thames Crossing: Construction will have to use foreign steel
The Lower Thames Crossing is poised to be built with foreign steel, even though the government has pledged to prioritise domestic production. The Sunday Times has reported the £11 billion scheme is understood to have begun sounding out steel manufacturers to provide 20,000 tonnes of “low embodied carbon steel”. Industry sources say this will exclude […]
National Highways says A52 programme on track after setbacks
National Highways has made changes to its work programme for the major A52 improvements scheme in Nottingham which will get it back on track after recent storms and unexpected challenges. Working to get the scheme, between the Priory roundabout and the Queen’s Medical Centre, completed as soon as possible, National Highways expects to be able […]
Costain working with National Highways and police to improve road safety
Costain is collaborating with the Police Federation of England & Wales (PFEW), the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and National Highways, to raise awareness of the dangers of ‘blue light incursions’ for road workers and the emergency services on motorways and major A roads. Blue light incursions occur when emergency vehicles enter restricted roadworks areas […]
From Policing to Python: One man’s experience of why apprenticeships matter for the future of highways on Highways Voices
It’s National Apprenticeship Week, and the next generation of our industry’s leaders provides the backdrop for this episode of Highways Voices, which focuses on the growing role apprenticeships can play in solving the highways and transport sector’s ongoing skills shortages. Today, host Paul Hutton speaks with Ben Harrison, an apprentice data scientist at National Highways, whose […]