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Video footage shows removal of M5 motorway services bridge
This is the moment the 40-year-old Michaelwood Services footbridge was consigned to history in a massive overnight operation in Gloucestershire last weekend.
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Updated: Fri 31st Jan 2020, 10:12AM UTCFurther review period for A27 Arundel improvements
Highways England has started an additional four-week period for people who responded to last year’s consultation on improving the A27 near Arundel to add to their responses.
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Updated: Tue 4th Feb 2020, 2:36PM UTCHighways England puts the bins out for roadside collections in South West
Growing issues of litter on the roadsides of the South West have prompted a scheme to install bins and signage across a number of laybys in the region.
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Updated: Fri 14th Feb 2020, 11:43AM UTCHighways England hosts pupils to inspire the next generation
Wiltshire schoolchildren enjoyed a ‘road’ trip with a difference when they spent a day with Highways England at its South West Regional Operations Centre.
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Updated: Wed 19th Feb 2020, 3:40PM UTCMilestone for Cornwall as major A30 upgrade gets the green light
Highways England has been given the go-ahead for a congestion-busting and economy-boosting road scheme in Cornwall.
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Updated: Mon 10th Feb 2020, 11:35AM UTC£10m cycling investment helps people swap four wheels for two
Highways England has delivered a £10 million boost to cycleways across the East of England in the last five years in a bid to encourage more people to out into the great outdoors and onto their bikes.
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Updated: Wed 4th Mar 2020, 3:06PM UTCHighways England unveils pioneering automated cone laying vehicles
Highways England has released its first footage and images of a pioneering new vehicle being developed to eliminate one of the biggest risks facing roadworkers.
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Updated: Wed 26th Feb 2020, 11:15AM UTCHighways England helping emergency services in the West Midlands
West Midlands network planners face their biggest challenge in many years.
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Updated: Fri 3rd Apr 2020, 1:08PM UTCA raft of ideas to help track down the elusive water vole
Ecologists found themselves a little adrift when trying to detect any signs of the elusive water vole living near the A5 – until they came up with an innovative idea.
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Updated: Tue 10th Mar 2020, 2:23PM UTCHGV ‘supercab’ patrolling M25 to reduce road accidents
Highways England has teamed up with police forces from all around Britain’s most iconic motorway in a new bid to improve safety.
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Updated: Mon 16th Mar 2020, 2:21PM UTCSmart Motorway Safety – Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan – our response
We have released the following statement to the media in response to the Smart Motorway Safety – Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan published by the Department for Transport:
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Updated: Thu 12th Mar 2020, 11:16AM UTCMaking light work of street lamp repairs on Highways England network
Routine checks on lights along the Highways England road network are time consuming and often require lane closures – to the frustration of motorists.
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Updated: Thu 27th Feb 2020, 12:19PM UTCManchester motorway rises up to revitalise 50-year-old bridge
A Manchester motorway is being given a lift up so that engineers can revitalise a 50-year-old bridge.
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Updated: Tue 10th Mar 2020, 2:39PM UTCChildren set example for danger drivers in safer roadworks competition
Children in Lancashire have been praised for setting an example to drivers and focusing on the safety of road workers delivering high-profile junction improvements south of Fleetwood.
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Updated: Mon 16th Mar 2020, 9:19AM UTCLife on marsh in A585 bypass exhibition
A 6,000-year-old elm tree leaf and stone age tools giving a glimpse of early life on a watery Fylde peninsula thousands of years ago will go on display for the first time next month.
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Updated: Tue 18th Feb 2020, 11:24AM UTCHull’s historic figures to inspire new bridge name
A World War Two veteran, a headscarf heroine and Hull’s first female GP are among five figures who will the provide the inspiration to name Hull’s new bridge.
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Updated: Thu 27th Feb 2020, 10:15AM UTCSpring opening for Britain’s biggest road project
Britain’s biggest road project is set to open to drivers more than half a year early, Highways England announced today (Thursday 6 February).
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Updated: Thu 6th Feb 2020, 12:08PM UTCRoad workers team up with school to clean up the neighbourhood
More than 40 bags of litter were collected when local schoolchildren joined forces with road workers carrying out major improvements to junction 10 of the M6.
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Updated: Wed 18th Mar 2020, 6:48AM UTCOrwell Bridge study offers new hope for reducing high wind closures
A ground-breaking study of the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich has identified new measures that could help to keep the bridge open to traffic during periods of high winds.
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Updated: Fri 31st Jan 2020, 2:56PM UTCMoveable barrier to keep Kent’s road network moving
State-of-the-art technology will be able to be deployed quickly, simply and safely.
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Updated: Mon 17th Feb 2020, 9:30AM UTC
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