Row as 143-year-old Queensbury Tunnel is threatened by Highways England ‘cultural vandals’

Tunnel division! Row as 143-year-old Queensbury Tunnel is threatened by Highways England ‘cultural vandals’ who want to block the historic structure Queensbury Tunnel is threatened by ‘cultural vandals’ at Highways England  Campaigners who want to turn it into Britain’s longest underground cycle path Some 7,700 objections lodged against controversial proposal in West Yorkshire  By Richard … Read more

Highways England could face manslaughter charge over death of grandmother

Highways England could face manslaughter charges over the death of a 62-year-old grandmother who was killed on a stretch of smart motorway, an inquest has heard. Nargis Begum, from Sheffield, was the passenger in a Nissan Qashqai car, driven by her husband, Mohammed Bashir, 67, which broke down on the M1 in South Yorkshire, near Woodhall … Read more

Highways England trials new cameras on the M1 to catch tailgaters

New cameras in the war on tailgating: Highways England trials roadside technology on the M1 to catch motorists driving too close to the car in front Highways England is trialling new technology on the M1 in Northamptonshire Drivers deliberately flouting the two-second gap are sent warning letters  26,000 tailgating drivers have been identified in the … Read more

Highways England trials new cameras on the M1 to catch tailgaters

New cameras in the war on tailgating: Highways England trials roadside technology on the M1 to catch motorists driving too close to the car in front Highways England is trialling new technology on the M1 in Northamptonshire Drivers deliberately flouting the two-second gap are sent warning letters  26,000 tailgating drivers have been identified in the … Read more

UK Government slammed for proposed £7m Highways England rebrand

Highways England is being rebranded as National Highways in a £7 million Government-led move that has sparked outrage. The switch comes just five years after the government-owned company was renamed from Highways Agency on 1 April 2015 – a rebranding exercise that was completed not long ago. The timing of the decision has been heavily … Read more

Roads boss who oversaw ‘death trap’ smart motorways quits his £456,000 job at Highways England 

Roads boss who oversaw ‘death trap’ smart motorways quits his £456,000 job at Highways England Jim O’Sullivan played down the risks posed by controversial smart motorways  Mr O’Sullivan, a top paid civil servant, was awarded a £54,000 pay rise last year He caused fury last year when he rejected calls to pause the £1.6billion programme, … Read more

Highways England ‘ineffectively’ spent half of a £75m fund to cut motorway pollution

A £75million fund made available to Highways England to cut pollution on the nation’s motorways over the previous five years was only half spent – and the Government-owned company failed to identify any ‘effective solutions’ despite the sizable financial outlay, according to an official review. Some £38.7million has been squandered on a trial of pollution … Read more

Nature experts unveil plan for network of wildflower ‘highways’

Nature experts unveil plan for network of wildflower ‘highways’ across UK to help bees, butterflies and insects move around the country A plan for ‘B-Lines’,  corridors of flowers and plants, has been laid out by Buglife Pollinating insects are declining as meadows and other habitats have gone People also being encouraged to help pollinators by … Read more

Nature experts unveil plan for network of wildflower ‘highways’

Nature experts unveil plan for network of wildflower ‘highways’ across UK to help bees, butterflies and insects move around the country A plan for ‘B-Lines’,  corridors of flowers and plants, has been laid out by Buglife Pollinating insects are declining as meadows and other habitats have gone People also being encouraged to help pollinators by … Read more