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Monitoring reporting guidelines for Highways England and template statements

28 May 2020
Our updated Monitoring reporting guidelines for Road Period 2 (2020/21 – 2024/25) set out the information that Highways England is required to provide to us through performance monitoring templates, which once completed by Highways England, become annual performance reporting statements.

Board effectiveness review report 2020

20 May 2020
Campbell Tickell (CT) was appointed in November 2019 to conduct a Board effectiveness review. This document brings together all of the findings from the review.

Consultation on Holding Highways England to account

24 December 2019
Consultation outcome In January 2020 we published a consultation on an updated monitoring framework and enforcement policy for Highways England, titled Holding Highways England to account. This new policy replaces our existing monitoring framework and enforcement policy for Highways England and comes into effect for the start of road period 2, from 1 April 2020. We received 17 responses to the

Measuring performance of England’s strategic roads: what users want

31 March 2017
31 March 2017 This page contains details of joint research by ORR and Transport Focus into what road users want from England’s motorways and major A roads, and how they would like to see that measured and reported to help boost performance. In ORR’s approach to the second Road Investment Strategy which will span the period between 2020 and 2025, which was published in December 2016, we set our

Update on Highways England’s capital planning and asset management

1 February 2017
2 February 2017 ORR published its first annual assessment of Highways England’s performance in July 2016. It was broadly positive, but we reported concerns that the company needs to establish more robust long-term plans for investment delivery and asset management. Our update reports on progress in two areas: Highways England’s development of a robust capital baseline plan; and its work to improve

Monitoring Highways England’s network investment

20 July 2016
This consultation has now concluded. Conclusions and next steps We consulted on our approach to monitoring Highways England’s delivery of its network investment in summer 2016. The approach detailed in this document takes account of the responses received and sets out how the ORR monitors Highways England’s network investment plans and delivery of those plans, against the requirements of the Road

Review of Outcome Frameworks in other Regulated Sectors

30 June 2016
This page contains details of the Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR’s) work in informing its input into the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) 2020/21-2024/25. A key aspect of ORR’s role as Highways Monitor is to provide advice to the Secretary of State for Transport in relation to draft Road Investment Strategies – and in particular, whether the Strategies set for Highways England are both

Highways England's supply chain capability

7 January 2016
This study aims to understand the capacity constraints within Highways England’s (HE) supply chain which could influence deliverability of the first Road Investment Strategy (RIS1) (2015/16 –2019/20). The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) commissioned Credo Business Consulting LLP to undertake a fieldwork study with representatives of HE’s supply chain, capturing input from across all tiers of

Enforcement policy for Highways England

3 July 2015
Date published: 3 July 2015 Closing date: 25 September 2015 This was ORR's second consultation on its new Highways Monitor role. The Highways Monitor was established to monitor the performance and efficiency of Highways England (previously the Highways Agency) in its management and enhancement of the strategic road network – the motorways and major 'A' roads in England. In addition to our

On the Move: making sense of car and train travel trends in Britain

22 January 2014
In early 2012, the Office of Rail Regulation, in conjunction with the Independent Transport Commission, the RAC Foundation and Transport Scotland, co-sponsored a study on car and rail traffic trends in Great Britain. The study, based on National Travel Survey data from 1995 – 2007, investigated behaviour changes and other factors which may be causing a leveling off in car traffic and sustained