Roads

Recovery workers offered smart motorway training

Smart move: the Highways England Smart Motorway Awareness For The Roadside Rescue & Recovery Industry is the first of its kind.

‘Supercabs’ help to cut motorway collisions by a third

A trio of HGV supercabs were used during the M1 safety week in May, during which time the number of collisions went down by almost a third.

‘No plans’ for smart M5 motorway in Somerset

Highways England says it has "no current plans" to introduce smart technology to the M5 motorway at a notorious traffic blackspot in Somerset.

The world’s first solar road is a failure

A 0.6-mile stretch of road paved with photovoltaic panels that was billed as ‘unprecedented’ when it was unveiled in 2016 has been all but condemned

UK government has 74 ideas to cut road deaths

The governement has published its 69-page road safety action plan, which outlines 74 measures designed to improve safety and cut road deaths.

Highways England’s new super-truck promises to cut congestion

The new Enchanced Customer Response Unit (ECRU) is an all-in-one response vehicle that can stop and direct motorway traffic after incidents.

Bug hotels part of plan to protect wildlife on the A38 in Devon

A cutting edge biotechnology system is being trialled by Highways England to improve water quality and to protect wildlife alongside the A38 in Devon.

Traffic alert: Britain’s five busiest road sections revealed

It's still the 'Road to Hell': four out of the five busiest sections of road in England are on the M25 motorway.

Rare Roman coin is the latest ‘remarkable discovery’ on new road

An incredibly rare coin featuring a Roman emperor is the latest rare object found on Britain’s biggest road upgrade in Cambridgeshire.

Beer found below the A14 in Cambridgeshire

Earliest evidence of beer making found below the £1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.