Highways England
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| Ceo | Jim O' Sullivan |
|---|---|
| Number of employees | 4,700 (2018) |
| Headquarters | Guildford |
| United Kingdom | |
| Owners | Government of the United Kingdom |
| Founded | April 1 |
| 2015 | |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| England | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1002187 |
About Highways England
Highways England Company Limited is the government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England's motorways and major A roads.
M53 crash: Teenage victim named as Jessica Baker
... The motorway has been closed to allow for an investigation into the circumstances of the crash and Highways England said it was expected to be shut for the rest of the day...
Stonehenge tunnel campaigners take petition to UNESCO
... Highways England said the tunnel will reduce traffic along the A303 and cut journey times...
Stonehenge tunnel is approved by government
... Planning permission was first given in 2020 but was later quashed by the High Court Highways England said it wanted to build the tunnel to reduce traffic and cut journey times on the A303...
Train strikes: How did passengers cope with day one?
... Frank Bird, a senior network planner at Highways England, said in the post-pandemic world people had come up with a much better Plan B when they can t get into work, and for many that means working from home rather than driving...
Operation Brock: M20 traffic controls to be lifted after Jubilee
... Nicola Bell, Highways England regional director, said: " Storing the moveable barrier on the M20 London-bound hard shoulder was only a temporary measure...
P& O Ferry detained over deficiencies - coastguard
... The Kent Resilience Forum - which is a partnership organisation including Kent Police, Kent County Council and Highways England - has confirmed Operation Brock will remain in place until after the Bank Holiday weekend...
Driving: More 50mph zones on the way for Welsh roads?
... Highways England is not planning to lower more speed limits, but said it would keep its network under review...
What's been causing lorry queues at Dover?
... So, what has been causing these delays and how big a factor are the new Brexit checks? How long were the queues? According to Highways England, queues were stretching back six miles (10km) east of Dover - from the Roundhill Tunnel to the Western Heights Roundabout - at 12:00 GMT on 19 January...
The Papers: 'Tomb of steel' and 'why were warnings ignored?'
Many of the papers feature images of the white refrigerated Container in which 39 bodies were found
Photographs of the white refrigerated Container in which 39 bodies were found appear on many of Thursday's front pages.
The calls it "The Tomb of steel".
The Daily Telegraph says police are.
, asks the Daily Mail in its headline. The Paper says The National Crime Agency had warned three years ago that people smugglers were switching to Purfleet - the port in Essex thought to have been used by the Container .
says officials had failed to heed repeated warnings about criminal gangs smuggling migrants in refrigerated containers.
The metal-sided trailers are used, according to the, because their Human Cargo cannot be detected by thermal imaging cameras used at ports.
The Paper suggests that checks on containers from ports such as Zeebrugge are "almost non-existent".
The Telegraph describes "Belgium as the new battleground in The Fight against illegal immigrants", while analysis in The Guardian blames government policy for the deaths, saying smugglers use life-threatening methods to reach Britain when safe and legal routes are shut down.
says spot checks have now been increased on lorries arriving in the UK. But its editor asks: How long will these continue?
While and report splits within Boris Johnson 's cabinet over How To proceed with Brexit, both papers also suggest there are disagreements within Labour as well.
The, even if ordered to. One backbencher explained they fear a "massacre" at the polls.
According to, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing "significant pressure" to resist any government calls for an election.
Responding to Wednesday's National Audit Office report that suggested fracking was "years behind schedule", ".
The Paper blames a green Social Media for terrifying The Public , using what it calls "out-of-date and debunked US stories".
The Telegraph reports that.
The Paper says it is just one of a series of planned disruptive amendments.
Several newspapers report that smart motorways - which have hard shoulders that should be used only at peak times - are "a bit too smart".
The Head of Highways England has admitted that drivers do not understand when to use them.
The Mail says because of delays in installing technology to spot broken down vehicles. The Extra kit is now being added on existing motorways.
The FT reports that the on installing an average of 4,000 electric vehicle charging points and heat pumps A Day if the government is to meet its target to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Twenty-five million charging points are required.
The Telegraph suggests living near such a point boosts the value of properties nearby.
And finally, The Mystery of why the Bayeux Tapestry is so long and thin, according to the Telegraph.
A professor of Art History , Christopher Norton from the University of York, has found that the embroidery's measurements fit perfectly into a long forgotten area of Bayeux Cathedral .
Prof Norton tells The Times . But another art historian backs the theory, adding The Match with The Cathedral 's dimensions also implied that the tapestry was made locally.
Source of news: bbc.com
