New £6.5 million footbridge improves accessibility in Peterborough
Civil engineering specialist GRAHAM has delivered a new multi-million-pound footbridge in Peterborough, ensuring that members of the public can continue to cross the A47 easily and safely. GRAHAM was appointed by National Highways, which needed to replace Longthorpe’s old bridge as it approached the end of its life. Now operational, the new 30-meter-long structure (which […]
Drivers urged to give gritters “time and space”
National Highways is reminding motorists give gritting vehicles time and space while they are out on the network. The message comes with more cold weather and snow forecast this week by the Met Office, and where conditions determine gritting vehicles need to go out, they will spread salt where needed. It also follows the recent […]
National Highways aims to get rid of ‘bumpy bottom’ on the way to Six Mile Bottom as major A11 resurfacing scheme set to start
Road users in Cambridgeshire are set for safer and smoother journeys as National Highways begins work next week on a multi-million-pound road surface upgrade to the A11 near Sawston. The £12-millon project will see an 11-mile stretch of the A11 between Babraham and Six Mile Bottom resurfaced. An upgraded central safety barrier and new signs […]
New Non-Executive Director appointed at National Highways
Simon Blanchflower has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of National Highways. Simon brings with him a wealth of leadership experience from a career within the rail sector. He recently retired from his role as CEO of the East West Railway Company (EWR) in March 2022, having successfully established the company. Prior […]
Ten winners of a National Highways innovation competition launched to help improve people’s experiences of roadworks announced
The ten winners of a National Highways competition to help people’s experiences of roadworks have been announced. Each of the winners will now get £15,000 to develop their ideas which will help take the sting out of roadworks for drivers, local businesses and communities. The winning ideas will deliver a variety of benefits from improving […]
Driver caught steering car transporter with his elbow by police in unmarked National Highways HGV cab
Police officers overtaking a heavily-laden car transporter say they were shocked to discover the driver was using just one elbow to control the huge vehicle as he travelled along the M40. They say the driver was seemingly oblivious to the police officers as they drove alongside him in one of National Highways’ unmarked HGV cabs. But […]
Eurovia completes major landslide repairs on A40 in Gloucestershire
Eurovia has completed a six-month project to rebuild a landslide-affected stretch of road in western England. Its South West Highways division finished main works on the A40 near Dursley Cross in Gloucestershire last week. This allowed traffic to return to the section between Saunders Close and Sterrys Lane for the first time since August, reports […]
National Highways launches HGV blind spots safety campaign
National Highways has launched a new safety campaign, amid concerns about drivers’ awareness of heavy goods vehicle ‘blind spots’ when overtaking. It says car and van drivers can underestimate limitations HGV drivers face in seeing passing vehicles. In a recent survey commissioned by National Highways, while nearly three quarters of people said they take extra […]
Iconic Scottish viaduct returned to former glory
An iconic 16-arch viaduct that straddles the River Avon on the West Lothian and Falkirk border has been returned to its former glory thanks to major renovations funded by National Highways’ Historical Railways Estate. The detailed £2 million programme which included masonry repairs, waterproofing and the installation of 19 bat bricks, six bat tubes and […]
National Highways is formally trialling PMB bio-binder on the strategic road network
Hanson has used an innovative low carbon asphalt to resurface the A30 Cutteridge to Alphington eastbound scheme near Exeter in Devon. The work is being carried out as part of its pavement category management framework agreement with National Highways. It is the first time Hanson has trialled its CarbonLock asphalt containing polymer modified bitumen (PMB) […]