On Your Marks, Get Set, Grit! New Gritters Preparing For Winter
National Highways is adding 120 new gritting vehicles to their fleet to help keep roads safe this winter.
The total fleet number will reach 252 vehicles next year after another additional …Read More
Gamer Takeover: Minecraft Helps Students Explore Engineering
National Highways (formerly Highways England), has partnered with Minecraft, the popular sandbox video game, to inspire school children across the country.
From September, students will be able to go into the …Read More
Spooky success: Highways England tackles ‘ghost’ markings
Highways England is spearheading an international campaign to uncover the best products or systems for removing old, ‘ghost’ road markings.
The government-owned company aims to ensure that motorists have the clearest …Read More
Money talks: £5 million to be spent on motorway safety campaign
Highways England has launched a huge, £5 million campaign with the aim of informing the public about staying safe on smart motorways.
The government-owned company has said this is its ‘biggest …Read More
Getting away with it? Drivers go unpunished as smart motorway cameras unable to detect illegal road use
Highways England has recently admitted that only around half of the cameras on smart motorways are currently able to detect road users who illegally drive under ‘red X’ lane closure …Read More
11,000 sign petition to halt demolition of railway bridges deemed unsafe
Over 11,000 people have signed an online petition objecting to plans by Highways England to infill or demolish more than 100 disused railway bridges.
The Historical Railways Estate (HRE), which comprises …Read More
Overpromised or underfunded? Highways England schemes don’t add up
An investigation by Highways Magazine has revealed that several cycle schemes under Highways England’s Designated Funds programme are yet to be completed.
The programme (which runs separately to Highways England’s core …Read More