The Curse of Clydach strikes again 01 December 2017
Upgrade work on the A465 through the Clydach Gorge is taking longer and costing more than expected. Should lessons have been learned from the last engineers to take it on?
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Traffic lights on motorways 22 November 2017
The headlines shout about traffic lights on motorways to ease congestion. How can that work? And is it even news?
The bright lights of Coventry 01 November 2017
Coventry is home to the UK's only fully electronic road signs. Will they catch on?
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Time for T 23 October 2017
A new Toxicity Charge applies to vehicles in Central London from today, and this is only the start.
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A view from down below 21 October 2017
A new photo gallery presents an unusual view of some very famous bridges.
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Doubling up, at a price 13 October 2017
A new bridge across the Mersey opens tonight. Will it bring the banks of the river closer together or split Halton borough in two?
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The rise and fall of the second hard shoulder 20 September 2017
One hard shoulder's enough for one carriageway, right? Well...not according to one long-lost design standard.
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Orange appeal 11 September 2017
An update on Highways England's new orange emergency lay-bys.
Accident Black Spot 01 September 2017
Someone's been bringing 1950s signs back from the dead. Is that wise?
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The third Forth bridge 30 August 2017
The UK's newest motorway, the M90 Queensferry Crossing, opens today... and closes again on Friday.
Convoy! 27 August 2017
"Driverless" lorry platoons will hit the roads by the end of next year. Should we be worried?
Matrix signs reloaded 28 July 2017
There's a system for everything on the roads, but few are as ingenious or obscure as Road Codes to identify electronic equipment.
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Orange is the new grey 19 July 2017
Why do Highways England think emergency lay-bys will work better painted orange?
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A21 in the Motorway Database 15 July 2017
With the Tonbridge-Pembury dualling scheme open, the A21 has been added to the Motorway Database.
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£1bn for better local roads 05 July 2017
Today, Chris Grayling announced £1bn a year for improvements to local roads. How does it work - and why do we need it?
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A third Spur for London 28 June 2017
A couple of years ago we delighted in finding two spur roads called Spur Road. It turns out there's another one!
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How RIS1 changed everything 21 June 2017
Trunk roads in England are now being built and improved in five-year Road Investment Strategies. How do they work?
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The Ringways Map is here
The wait is over! The full map of the Ringways, London’s unbuilt urban motorway network, is now online. Not even the system's planners had anything like this.
Red, white and blue
Kent County Council is run by eurosceptic nationalists. So why are they putting EU flags on their road signs?
The sunlit uplands
On Saturday 31 May something historic happened. The Heads of the Valleys Road was finally complete.
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Skelmersdale Link to M6
Bold plans and unrealised ideas for the New Town of Skelmersdale are set out with great ceremony and excitement in this book that marks the opening of a road that became the M58.
