Holding National Highways to account
3 April 2025
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We are responsible for monitoring and enforcing the performance and efficiency of National Highways.
Monitoring National Highways
Our role in the development of road investment strategies
24 March 2025
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Information on our role in the development of the future road investment strategies, and links to key documents relating to the advice we provided during the development of RIS2 (2020 to 2025).
Annual assessment of safety performance on the strategic road network
13 March 2025
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This content and related publications refer to our annual assessment of safety on the strategic road network.
Monitoring smart motorways
13 March 2025
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We are responsible for monitoring and enforcing the performance and efficiency of National Highways in its delivery of the Smart Motorway Action Plan.
Safety continues to improve on England’s Strategic Road Network but National Highways unlikely to meet challenging target
13 March 2025
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Safety continues to improve on England’s motorways and major A-roads, but National Highways is unlikely to meet its main safety target set by government, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said today in its third annual assessment of safety on the strategic road network.
National Highways licence monitoring and enforcement
30 January 2025
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Our monitoring framework and enforcement policy for National Highways, and how we monitor the company’s performance and identify, escalate and resolve areas of concern.
Benchmarking National Highways' performance and efficiency
20 November 2024
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One of our core activities is to benchmark National Highways' performance and efficiency across its own regional areas or against comparable organisations.
Safety performance on the strategic road network
15 October 2024
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Each year we assess National Highways’ performance against a range of government set targets that it should deliver over the second road period (RP2, which runs from 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2025).
England’s strategic road network faces significant challenges and uncertainty – Office of Rail and Road
24 July 2024
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The benefits to road users from the second road investment strategy (RIS2, running from 2020 – 2025) for England’s strategic road network risk not being delivered in full, regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) warned today.