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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Funding
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?
Routes
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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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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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What's new
A century of motorways
It's 100 years since the opening of the world's first motorway, the Autostrada from Milan to the Lakes.
Schrödinger’s speed limit
In 2022, Manchester City Council say they reduced the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. But it’s not clear if they did. It’s not even clear if they can.
Sorry, wrong number
Road numbering is a system with clear rules. What happens when the people responsible for numbering roads don't follow them?
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Exhibition Road
The UK's biggest "shared space" is a phenomenally expensive experiment in West London. How does it work?
