Highways Agency

The UK government’s proposed Infrastructure Bill would improve how the national infrastructure is funded, planned, managed and maintained and provide a US$4.4 billion boost to the economy over the next ten years. Proposals include: improving the funding and management of our major roads; streamlining the planning process for major projects; protecting our infrastructure from invasive plants and animals; supporting house building; making it easier and cheaper to register land and property; helping communi

Clearview Traffic Group has gained formal Highways Agency Type Approval for its M100 sensors and M150 interface card to be used as a viable alternative to inductive loops for Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling (MIDAS) applications, having met the rigorous performance and assessment requirements of the Highways Agency MCH1529 standard.

Six in ten UK drivers own up to risky tailgating (57 per cent) and a similar proportion break the limit by 10mph or more (60 per cent) on motorways and 70mph dual carriageways, with men by far the worst offenders, a survey by Brake and insurance company Direct Line reveals. Almost all drivers say they worry about other drivers tailgating on motorways: 95 per cent are at least occasionally concerned about vehicles too close behind them; more than four in ten (44 per cent) are concerned every, or most, tim

The UK’s Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is calling for more information and advice on smart motorways for drivers. The call comes after seventy-one per cent of drivers said they would feel less safe on a motorway with no hard shoulder than a motorway with one, according to the latest poll by the IAM.

Joined-up planning for both passenger and freight traffic across the UK’s road and rail infrastructure is crucial for future prosperity, warn MPs in two new reports. Effective regulation and long-term funding plans are essential for investment in the strategic road network.

The UK’s Highways Agency is planning to install average speed cameras on the A12 in Essex near Kelvedon as part of its pinch point programme, at a cost of approximately US$1.65 million. The cameras are intended to enforce the existing 70mph speed limit and the Agency hopes that by introducing them to this section of the A12, safety will be improved and incident-related congestion reduced.

The Midlands got a boost today with the launch of the latest stretch of smart motorway, making greater use of technology on the M6 near Birmingham, bringing improved journeys and less congestion. Opening the hard shoulder to traffic during the busiest times between junctions 5 and 8 on the M6 will improve journey times, especially around Birmingham and marks a milestone for the Highways Agency, after several years of investment in this section of the M6. This ten mile stretch means the benefits can now b

Final preparations are taking place for the M25 to become England’s first smart motorway, improving journeys and boosting the economy. Two sections of the motorway opening this month and next are between junctions 23 and 25 in Hertfordshire and between junctions 5 and 6/7 on the Kent/Surrey border. For the first time on a motorway scheme in England the hard shoulder will be used as a permanent traffic lane, with enhanced technology to manage traffic flow to improve the reliability of journey times.

As a result of the public consultation to consider route options for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme, the proposed scheme has been developed in more detail and plans to toll the road have been dropped. Changes that have been made in response to feedback from last year’s consultation include improvements to four junctions on the route and an updated local access road been proposed between two villages. The Highways Agency has now launched a ten-week consultation period, which forms par

The Bag and Bin it campaign recently launched by the UK’s Highway’s Agency runs until the end of April and aims to tackle the more than 7,500 tonnes of litter thrown on to the nation’s highways each year. The litter blighting England's motorways costs at least US£9 million a year to collect and could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool four times over, according to the latest figures from the Highways Agency.