The next five years 07 April 2020
A look inside the second Road Investment Strategy, which promises £27.4bn of investment and upgrades to trunk roads over the next five years.
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Convoy! 27 August 2017
"Driverless" lorry platoons will hit the roads by the end of next year. Should we be worried?
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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London’s other forgotten motorways
We’ve spent years documenting the unbuilt urban motorway network planned for London. Today we’re unveiling more new routes that have never been seen before!
The middle of nowhere
A national system of road numbers radiating from a central point suggests there is… well, a central point. But if you go looking for it you’ll find it doesn’t exist.
Not so Smart
There have been rumours for months. Now the announcement has been made - “all new Smart Motorways scrapped”. What does this mean and who are the winners?
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West Cross Route
Desperately-needed but never built, this was one of the only London urban motorway plans that were ever progressed to the construction stage.