Almost 700 offences were spotted in just one week by police officers patrolling the M1 in National Highways’ unmarked HGV cabs. Eight police forces travelled the route between Leeds and London in the HGVs on the look-out for unsafe driving in a week of action targeting the motorway. They stopped …
Read More »New Non-Executive Director appointed at National Highways
Simon Blanchflower has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of National Highways from 1 March 2023. Simon brings with him a wealth of leadership experience from a career within the rail sector. He recently retired from his role as CEO of the East West Railway Company (EWR) …
Read More »New campaign to boost recruitment in logistics sector continues
National Highways is supporting a recruitment campaign to boost applications for roles in the logistics sector. The industry has long had difficulties in attracting and retaining staff, but now Generation Logistics has been launched to help attract, identify and develop a new and diverse generation of talent to fill vacancies …
Read More »Professional drivers we need you!
National Highways has launched an online professional driver community to gauge the views across the sector The online community will be accessible via an app or web browser and has been created to allow professional drivers to share their views about England’s motorways and major A roads. Freda Rashdi Head …
Read More »National Highways partner with Futureworx 2022 to deliver its ‘Connected and Autonomous Plant (CAP)’ project
National Highways have expressed that the organisation is “delighted to confirm participation at this year’s Futureworx technology event.” The exclusive technology show case is taking place on 30th and 31st March 2022 at the East of England Arena, Peterborough. Highways England is hoping to bring the transport industry even closer …
Read More »Super swift gates which automatically close off lanes to be trialled on National Highways’ network
An automatic taper which can close off lanes in minutes and saves road workers having to put out cones in the face of oncoming traffic is to be trialled on the National Highways network. The innovation, SwiftGate, can be fully deployed in around five minutes compared to the 25 minutes …
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