Monitoring National Highways
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.
Investigations of National Highways
24 July 2024
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Investigation of National Highways’ compliance with its licence and delivery of the second road investment strategy (RIS2).
National Highways licence monitoring and enforcement
14 February 2024
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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.
Annual assessment of safety performance on the strategic road network
18 December 2023
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This content and related publications refer to our annual assessment of safety on the strategic road network.
Monitoring smart motorways
14 December 2023
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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.
Benchmarking National Highways' performance and efficiency
15 November 2023
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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.
The Rail and Road Pod Episode 20: Inside Highways UK 2023
2 November 2023
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In this episode we join colleagues from across the roads industry at the NEC in Birmingham.
Mitigating noise near the strategic road network
16 August 2023
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An estimated 187,000 people in England live in noise important areas with respect to road noise, with millions more affected.
ORR welcomes smart motorway technology improvements and will continue to scrutinise performance
21 July 2023
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has written to National Highways today and welcomed improvements in the performance of its smart motorway Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) technology, following initial testing. However, ORR recognises that caution is required when interpreting the data.