ORR business plan prioritises protecting road users
Road users across Britain will continue to see positive impacts from the Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) planned work as set out in its newly published Business Plan for 2026–27. As National Highways enters its third road investment strategy, where it will have £27bn in funding, ORR will hold the company to account to deliver […]
Safety improvements plateau on England’s Strategic Road Network
The latest available data shows that recent improvements in road user safety on England’s strategic road network levelled out in 2024, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has revealed. ORR’s fourth annual assessment of safety on the strategic road network shows National Highways is set to miss its safety target, set by government in […]
ORR: National Highways must lock in the good progress of the last decade to deliver next Road Period
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) says that National Highways has delivered significant improvements for road users in the second road period (RP2 2020-2025), but the agency must ‘learn lessons from missed commitments’ in order to deliver better performance in the next Road Period. According to ORR’s assessment of National Highways’ performance and delivery, […]
ORR issues SRN safety performance update
The Deputy Director, Strategic Road Network at the Office of Rail and Road has issued a blog post detailing an assessment assess of National Highways’ performance against a range of government set targets that it should deliver over the second road period. Rachel Gittens looked at the latest statistics to do with RP2, which runs […]
ORR: England’s strategic road network faces ‘significant challenges and uncertainty’
The benefits to road users from the second road investment strategy (RIS2, running from 2020-2025) for England’s strategic road network risk not being delivered in full, regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has warned. In its annual assessment of National Highways’ performance for the 12 months from April 2023, ORR will say that […]
ORR comments on noise near Strategic Road Network
The organisation that oversees National Highways, the Office of Rail and Road has published a comment piece about mitigating noise near the strategic road network. Haydn Gill, the ORR’s Senior Performance Analyst, Highways, writes that an estimated 187,000 people in England live in noise important areas with respect to road noise, with millions more affected. […]
National Highways has delivered well for road users but faces continuing challenges with its big projects, says new ORR report
National Highways has delivered well against its financial and performance targets for 2022-23, but urges continued focus on efficiency and managing inflationary pressures on its enhancements in the coming year, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has said in its annual assessment of National Highways. ORR reports that National Highways achieved the expected £776 […]
ORR explains RIS3 process at ITS (UK) event
The Office of Road and Rail’s Head of Economics, Finance and Efficiency will explain the process for developing the third Road Investment Strategy at an ITS (UK) breakfast meeting this week. The event, on Tuesday 21 March, features Adam Spencer-Bickle taking members through the process. Having led ORR’s advice on the challenge and deliverability of […]
NH told to deliver better performance from Smart Motorway technology
The Office of Rail and Road says National Highways is on course to achieve its overall safety target for the Strategic Road Network in England. The company has also met its Stopped Vehicle Detection technology installation targets; however, the system is not yet meeting performance expectations. This is the first annual assessment from the ORR […]
Rating National Highways – the ORR’s report on this week’s Highways Voices
“I think in general, the company’s done pretty well, and there’s certainly been some significant successes,” says Harry Garnham of the Office and Rail and Road talking about National Highways performance on this week’s Highways Voices website. “But it’s not to say there haven’t been challenges, and there haven’t been areas where we have concerns […]