Highways England launches first concrete roads manual in more than 30 years
Highways England’s Concrete Roads Centre of Excellence has published the first concrete roads handbook in more than 30 years, bringing together the latest updates, advice and guidance from industry experts on how to maintain, survey and repair roads. The new Concrete Pavement Maintenance Manual is a key part of Highways England’s £400m nationwide drive to […]
Roads minister concedes work is needed to convince drivers of smart motorway safety
The Roads Minister Baroness Vere has told a committee of MPs that there is a “gap” between how roads authorities and the public see the safety of smart motorways. She told the Commons’ Transport Select Committee that the Department for Transport and Highways England have been working very hard to close the difference in public […]
Costain awarded M60 J18 Simister Island improvement contract by Highways England
Smoother, safer journeys through one of the North West’s busiest motorway-to-motorway junctions are a step nearer after the appointment of Costain as the Delivery Integration Partner to design and build the Simister Island interchange improvement project, which is a £138 million scheme. Highways England, who is improving the interchange – which serves the M60, M66 […]
Innovate UK, KTN and HE in Connecting the Country briefing
Innovate UK, Highways England and the Knowledge Transfer Network are hosting an online event on 7 July showcasing 15 projects delivered under the “Connecting the Country” strategy. The webinar, from 10-4 will hear from the projects and their sponsors at Highways England; all have completed or are near completion and were successful in an SBRI […]
Highways England release footage of it second automated cone laying vehicle as it goes through off-road trials
Highways England has released footage of a second automated cone laying vehicle designed to protect roadworkers which is now undergoing off-road trials in the UK. Working with a group of industry experts, Highways England has been on a journey to develop automated vehicles which will take out the human element involved in putting out cones – eliminating […]
River footpath restored as part of Britain’s biggest road project
Some of the benefits of the A14 Cambridgeshire upgrade project are being extended to pedestrians and local communities, with £42,500 being invested by Highways England and Cambridgeshire County Council on a number of upgrades along the Ouse Valley Way including vegetation clearance, surfacing works, and new signage and information boards. Highways England has finished the […]
Government announces £24 million for vital Nottinghamshire road scheme
The Department for Transport (DfT)is set to invest £24 million into a Nottingham road scheme that will reduce journey times, improve access and supporting a home-building programme. Nottinghamshire will benefit from the government funding, providing vital junction upgrades along an 18-mile stretch of the A614 and A6097 to slash journey times and provide a major […]
Highways England outlines South East road improvement
Highways England has announced a multi-million-pound package of improvements to roads in the southeast over the next 12 months. It said motorways and major A roads across the South East including the M25, M27, M3, M4, A27 and A2 will all benefit from these planned improvements, with road resurfacing, bridge joint replacements, the creation of […]
Highways England to hold new public consultation on Lower Thames Crossing proposals
Highways England has today [Wednesday 23 June] announced details of a new round of public consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing, as it prepares to submit its application for a Development Consent Order later this year. This Community Impacts Consultation will give people the opportunity to review and comment on Highways England’s plans to build […]
Sustainable resurfacing material trialled on M3 in Hampshire
A section of the M3 motorway in Hampshire is becoming the first stretch of motorway to use a resurfacing material which contains the highest proportion of recycled asphalt pavement ever used on the strategic road network. The use of the material – consisting of 70% recycled materials in the base course and 50% in the […]