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M62 - Your Local History
A lot of finds were uncovered during the archaeological evaluation carried out for the M62 Junction 6 Improvement scheme so we thought it would be nice to provide an interactive website so you can see what we found.
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Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions
Quick Links
Don't Cross or Walk Along Motorways
The Highways Agency aims to make more people aware of the dangers of walking or crossing our motorway. We have launched a poster and radio campaign aimed at 16-25yr olds. Hopefully with our hard hitting posters, our message will come across.
Meet the Ancestors
Find out about the history of roads and the work the Agency does to preserve archaeological remains.
See when traffic will be lightest
Our traffic forecaster can help get you there quicker
Knowledge Compendium
Latest News Items
Tunnel Vision
Date: 27/10/2011
In order to minimise the disruption caused by roadworks and to support the Highways Agency’s (HA) objective of ensuring reliable journeys, great efforts are made to carry out works when traffic flows are low.
Mammal Tunnels
Date: 02/06/2011
The Agency’s Environment team has completed a pilot study of mammal tunnels, helping us to better understand how different animals use them on our network.
Featured Projects
Managed Motorways Monitoring/Evaluation of Through Junction Running (TJR)
Portfolio(s):
05 Delivering Managed Motorways
Project Status: Completed
Managed Motorway schemes aim to address congestion issues and improve Journey Time Reliabilty by utilising a set of advanced intelligent transport systems applications to make as much use of the available road capacity as possible.
Welcome to the Knowledge Compendium
The Highways Agency Knowledge Compendium was launched following a review of existing programme processes and replaces the Research Compendium. It is designed to help you easily navigate through the projects and link research to outcomes, and to provide detail on the new four year Research Strategy and two year Knowledge Programme. In addition you will find information regarding the roles of the groups delivering the programme.
The main enhancements include:
- a new structure to accommodate and promote the new Knowledge Programme
- new pages detailing the Knowledge Programme and Research Strategy
- topics list to easily find research by topic
- news stories
- featured projects
The new four year Research Strategy, 2010-2014, identifies the Agency’s operational and business needs. The two year Knowledge Programme, developed from the Research Strategy, comprises of currently 15 portfolios each with stated outputs and outcomes, that contain projects designed to fulfil the particular knowledge needs of the Agency. Details of the Research Strategy and the Knowledge Programme are provided, with information regarding the roles of the groups delivering the programme.
As well as details of the current Knowledge Programme you can find past research projects carried out by the Highways Agency since 2002, and information on Previous Strategies.
Search for past and present research, browsing by Portfolio in the current and previous programmes, by Topic using the list on the Topics page or by using the search box at the top of the page. Generic searches can be done by using keyword(s) or for a specific project, use the project title or reference number where known.
To introduce the Knowledge Compendium and to help you get started, browse the links on the left hand side above. We welcome feedback about the site and any other comments. If you would like to email us, please fill out the Feedback form.
