National Highways CEO personally welcomes cost-saving intern to full-time role
An intern who saved National Highways thousands of pounds in just three months with his computer know-how has now been given a permanent position – and was given a personal welcome to the business by the Chief Executive Nick Harris. During just a three-month internship, data science student Vadims Seimanovs developed a computer chatbot that […]
GRAHAM keeps drivers moving during M11 works with 60mph safe speed limit initiative
An initiative to increase temporary speed limits during work on the new M11 Junction 7A has been implemented by contractor GRAHAM to improve driver experience and reduce delays during the works. The Highest Safe Speed directive, set out by National Highways, was introduced to safely maximise the number of roadworks standard schemes designed to the […]
National Highways announces multi-million pound works across South West
National Highways has announced a £167 million programme of improvements to roads, pavements and bridges across the southwest of England. Motorways and major A-roads including the M5, M4, A40, A36, A303, A30 and A38 are all included in the planned package. The Government-owned company says motorists, pedestrians and cyclists are all set to benefit from […]
Months of maintenance work planned for original Severn Bridge
National Highways is beginning a programme of cable inspections on the M48 Severn Bridge to monitor corrosion which will involve lane restrictions and some full closures of the bridge. The government-owned company, with its contractors Amey and VolkerLaser, will be inspecting several sections of the two main suspension cables as part of routine investigations to […]
Final road opening concludes A14 upgrade works
Britain’s biggest road building project for a generation has been finished, as the last construction element of the £1.5 billion upgrade to the A14 in Cambridgeshire was opened. Mill Common – the last in a series of new link roads designed to make access to Huntingdon town centre easier and safer – was opened to […]
QEII Bridge illuminated to honour Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
The Queen Elizabeth II bridge at Dartford, is being lit up in a sequence of red white and blue shifting colours and different intensities of light for a total of six nights over the Bank Holiday weekend. The lights were switched on at dusk on Tuesday 31st May and will remain so until sunrise on Monday […]
ORR gearing up for RIS3
The organisation which oversees the running of National Highways has issued a blog post looking ahead to the third Road Investment Strategy. Stephen Bussell, Principal Economist, Highways at the Office of Rail and Road explains that as preparations continue for the next RIS, ORR is paying more attention to the quality of National Highways’ plans […]
National Highways takes on ‘world class’ team to deliver A303 upgrade at Stonehenge as it announces the MORE JV as preferred contractor
National Highways has announced Ihe MORE joint venture, comprising FCC Construcción, WeBuild and BeMo Tunnelling, as its preferred contractor for its £1.25 billion A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme past Stonehenge. The planning application for the transformational scheme is still pending redetermination by the Secretary of State for Transport, following the quashing of the decision […]
National Highways starts consultation on its A358 Taunton-Ilminster upgrade
National Highways has started a public consultation on design changes to the A358 upgrade from Taunton and the Southfields roundabout at Ilminster. The planned upgrade of the A358, a key route linking the South West and London and South East, will see a single lane stretch of carriageway between the M5 at Taunton and the Southfields roundabout […]
National Highways hails “feat of engineering” as Spaghetti Junction turns 50
National Highways is marking the 50th birthday of the iconic Spaghetti Junction on the anniversary of it first opening to traffic. The junction – known as Gravelly Hill Interchange – carries more than 200,000 vehicles each day and forms part of the M6 travelling through the West Midlands. It also links traffic travelling in and […]