Road professionals

We speak to Rachel Gittens, Deputy Director for Strategic Road Network at ORR and Iain Ritchie, Head of Highways Safety and Performance, to learn more about ORR's annual assessment and investigation of National Highways.

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter Shortly after our last newsletter, and our annual Year in Rail event in July, our focus shifted to highways with the publication of both our Annual Assessment and also our investigation into National Highways compliance with its licence and delivery of RIS2. Our Annual Assessment considers how National Highways has progressed over the twelve months to

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.