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Swati Paul appointed as Executive Director and General Counsel at National Highways
Swati joined the Executive Team in early July and leads the in-house Legal and Information Rights teams. With extensive leadership...
Safer Highways
Aug 41 min read


New M3 footbridge ready to open for public use
A new footbridge over the M3 in Surrey will open on Wednesday. The bridge crosses the motorway between junctions three and four at...
Safer Highways
Aug 41 min read


PIN for £145m new Dee crossing published
Construction of a new bridge to carry the A494 over the River Dee is expected to start in late 2026 to early 2027. The Welsh government...
Safer Highways
Aug 41 min read


A9 Dualling: Traffic management measures introduced on Tomatin to Moy section
Overnight temporary traffic signals and a convoy system will be introduced on the A9 at Lynebeg and around the B9154 junction to Moy....
Safer Highways
Aug 41 min read


Funding secured for A46 Newark Bypass
Newark and Sherwood District Council in Nottinghamshire has announced that it has received formal notification from National Highways...
Safer Highways
Aug 41 min read


Sharp drop in pothole reports following major investment in Essex roads
Essex sees the lowest level of pothole reports for three years. Pothole reports in Essex have fallen drastically following major...
Safer Highways
Aug 42 min read


Balfour Beatty invests £7.2m in Copilot
Balfour Beatty is investing £7.2m embedding the use of Microsoft 365 Copilot across its business in what is being described as one of the...
Safer Highways
Aug 42 min read


Pay rise for National Highways Chief Exec
The chief executive of National Highways got paid two and a half times as much as the prime minister last year. Accounts published by...
Safer Highways
Aug 41 min read


Cumbria Highways Veteran Les Bell Retires After 44 Years of Dedicated Service
After an incredible 44-year career dedicated to the roads and infrastructure of West Cumbria, Les Bell, Highways Operations Engineer, is...
Safer Highways
Aug 42 min read


M42 project team keeping journeys smooth for local wildlife
Wildlife as well as drivers will be enjoying smooth journeys following the opening of the A4545 dual carriageway, thanks to a series of...
Safer Highways
Aug 42 min read


Drivers tell of shock as objects thrown at cars from a bridge over the A3 in Hampshire
Imagine the shock while you’re driving along a road to suddenly have a rock thrown at your car. That’s what happened to drivers last week...
Safer Highways
Aug 42 min read


Man killed on road he campaigned to make safer
Tributes have been paid to a former councillor who was killed on a road he had campaigned to make safer. John Michael Duggan, 81, died in...
Safer Highways
Aug 42 min read


Irish trial assemblies complete as huge road and railway bridge sets sail for Stockport
Huge concrete components which will form a new £20m railway bridge and roundabout in Stockport are now travelling over the Irish sea...
Safer Highways
Aug 44 min read


Remedial works underway at the A34 Thames Wytham Crossing
VolkerLaser was appointed principal contractor by National Highways to deliver essential remedial works at the A34 Thames Wytham...
Safer Highways
Aug 42 min read


TfL Pioneers Use of 50% Recycled Asphalt in Top-Layer Road Surfacing
Transport for London (TfL) has taken a significant step forward in sustainable highway construction by becoming one of the first UK...
Safer Highways
Aug 43 min read


Trailblazing partnership brings cutting-edge pothole tech to Lancashire’s roads
A ‘game-changing’ pothole repair machine, never before used in the UK, has been rolled out in Lancashire as part of a pi’oneering new...
Safer Highways
Aug 42 min read
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