Lower Thames Crossing planning application becomes the UK’s longest ever
The planning application for the £10 billion Lower Thames Crossing has become Britain’s biggest ever, with documents totalling more than 359,000 pages. It’s been revealed the paperwork for the project to relieve traffic on the M25 at Dartford, if laid end to end, would run nearly five times as long as the road itself. The […]
National Highways asks drivers to give gritters space and time
Motorists are being urged to give gritters time and space to treat roads through the winter, as National Highways reveals five of its vehicles were struck by other vehicles while they were out and about spreading salt last winter. It says that compares to just one incident the year before and left each of the […]
TRL explains SRN asset management
TRL Software is hosting the latest in its series of informative webinars on 7 February, as it explains insights into the management of the road assets on England’s Strategic Road Network. England’s Strategic Road Network is 4,500 miles (7,250) kilometres in length and worth more than £80 billion. Early in 2023 TRL Software successfully rolled […]
Contraflow installed on A46 scheme
The National Highways project to extend the life of the concrete carriageway on the A46 in the East Midlands is moving onto its next stage. The carriageways between Six Hills and Dalby, have already been completed by working overnight and the third started on the southbound carriageway between Dalby and Willoughby in the first week […]
National Highways puts spring in the step of pedestrians with new footbridge across M25
The £317m M25 J10 project will create better connections and smoother traffic flows for the 300,000 drivers who use it every day Work to lift a new 91 metre footbridge across the M25 in Surrey will begin this weekend as a part of National Highways £317 million upgrade of junction 10, helping to connect local […]
National Highways seeks £75m transformation delivery partner
National Highways has put out a tender for a Transformation Delivery Partnership Contract to provide a “centralised vehicle for transformation and change in National Highways that will drive forward a central approach across the whole of National Highways to ensure holistic departmental transformation”. It says the Transformation Delivery Partnership is expected to challenge, advise, and […]
Motorway emergency phones failed on Christmas Day
National Highways has admitted motorway phones were out of action on stretches of motorway across England on Christmas Day. It says it fixed the matter within hours, but that phones in the north east, north west, East Midlands and parts of the east of England were affected in the early hours. Jon Allen, the national […]
National Highways lifting roadworks for Christmas getaway
National Highways says it is working round the clock to give motorists an early Christmas present by removing more than a thousand miles of roadworks ahead of the getaway. This means more than 98% of motorways and major A-roads will be roadworks-free in time for those travelling to see loved ones or making other journeys for Christmas. It says to help […]
Work gets underway on A428 scheme
Upgrades to the Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet route on the A428 across the border between Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire have started. The £1 billion scheme will create a new 10-mile dual carriageway and numerous junction improvements, transforming journeys between the A1 Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire and A428 Caxton Gibbet roundabout in Cambridgeshire. Walkers, cyclists […]
National Highways delays A358 dualling
National Highways has announced that, with the support from Government, it will not be submitting the Development Consent Order application for the A358 Taunton to Southfields Dualling Scheme as planned this year. The plan had been to dual eight and a half miles of single carriageway which is often congested and leads to drivers seeking […]