Highways England

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?

The only UK motorway that didn’t connect to ordinary roads finally got its own interchange in 2019. But it's not open, because it still doesn’t touch any ordinary roads.

We've reached the end of the strangest year anyone can remember. Time for a quick look at some news from the last few months.

A look inside the second Road Investment Strategy, which promises £27.4bn of investment and upgrades to trunk roads over the next five years.

The A52 Clifton Bridge's major emergency repairs are bringing chaos to Nottingham. What's gone wrong - and how could it be a total surprise? Civil engineer Alex Romankiw explains.

Highways England's flagship new road was, to great fanfare, supposed to be a motorway - but it opened as the A14.

Nobody likes a concrete road. Promises have been made time and again to get rid of them all - but perhaps there’s another solution.

When it's an expressway, of course. Except that an expressway is, now, also a motorway.

Just a few years ago Kent was going to be saved from Operation Stack. Now it's back with a vengeance.

An update on Highways England's new orange emergency lay-bys.

Why do Highways England think emergency lay-bys will work better painted orange?

Trunk roads in England are now being built and improved in five-year Road Investment Strategies. How do they work?

Motorways used to be really simple. Now they have electronic signals, variable speed limits, emergency lay-bys, part-time hard shoulders... Just what is so smart about Smart Motorways?

Those funny black and yellow symbols are everywhere - and they might just get you back on track one day.

If you're on the motorway (in England at least) you might have noticed some funny blue signs down the side of the road. What are they for?

What happens when there's a big accident on a trunk route? Who picks up the pieces, and why does it take so long?