We are respon­si­ble for the oper­a­tion and stew­ard­ship of the motor­ways and major trunk roads in England.

This sec­tion will tell you more about how we man­age these roads and enable you to search for infor­ma­tion about our cur­rent and future projects to help main­tain and improve them. If you need to make a claim for com­pen­sa­tion, you can also find more infor­ma­tion about how to do that.

Road projectsHere you can search for cur­rent or planned road projects we are car­ry­ing out on the motor­ways and major trunk roads in England.

Our networkInfor­ma­tion and maps relat­ing to the High­ways Agency net­work and the roads we manage.

Managing our roadsWe are respon­si­ble for the oper­a­tion and stew­ard­ship of the strate­gic road net­work in Eng­land on behalf of the Sec­re­tary of State for Transport.

• Major projects
• Area Teams
• Managed Motorways
• Private Finance Initiatives - Design Build Finance and Operate (DBFO)

Key roadsSelect the road num­ber on the map or choose from the links below to find out more infor­ma­tion about some of our key roads.  

• M1
• M2
• M3
• M4
• M5
• M6
• M25
• M40
• M42
• M60
• M62

Land, property and compensationPlease choose the type of com­pen­sa­tion you require infor­ma­tion about from the below links.

• Surplus land and property
• Claims for damage caused by potholes
• Part I claims

New Roads and Street Works ActThe New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA) pro­vides a leg­isla­tive frame­work for street works activ­i­ties by under­tak­ers (includ­ing pub­lic utilities).

• NRSWA Section 58 notices served
• NRSWA Section 62 notices served
• Installing Apparatus on the Highway
• Street Works - Highways Agency interface with Local Authorities and Undertakers

Traffic officersInfor­ma­tion about the High­ways Agency Traf­fic Offi­cer service.

• Roles and responsibilities
• Traffic Officers in Your Area
• Celebrating the life of Highways Agency Traffic Officer John Walmsley

Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE)Fol­low­ing the open­ing of a road scheme, the High­ways Agency under­takes an eval­u­a­tion to see whether it has brought the ben­e­fits we anticipated.

• Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) of Major Schemes
• Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) of Local Network Management Schemes (LNMS)
• Explanation of the Scheme Evaluation Table

SafetyInfor­ma­tion about the High­ways Agency’s health and safety com­mit­ments and policies.

• Safety cameras
• Road Worker Safety
• Construction and Maintenance Strategy
• Major Projects Delivery Hub Health & Safety Action Group
• Highways Agency Safety Alerts
• Staying safe on our roads

EnvironmentWe have devel­oped our Envi­ron­ment Strat­egy to set out the path we will take in deliv­er­ing our Envi­ron­ment Vision.

• Bag it. Bin it!
• Environmental Topics

Tourist signsTourist signs help direct vis­i­tors on the last stage of their jour­ney – within a few miles of the tourist destination.

PlanningInfor­ma­tion about the High­ways Agency and the plan­ning system.

• Spatial Planning
• Improvement Plan
• Highways Agency Satisfaction Survey: Working with the Developer Community

ArchaeologyHere you can find out about some of the archae­o­log­i­cal work and dis­cov­er­ies that have been made dur­ing work on road projects across our net­work. You can also look through our Archae­ol­ogy Library, which con­sists of a col­lec­tion of over 800 archae­ol­ogy and cul­tural her­itage reports gen­er­ated in con­nec­tion with HA schemes.

• Archaeology and our Roads
• Library of Archaeological Reports

Motorway service areas and roadside facilitiesMotor­way Ser­vice Areas (MSAs) and other road­side facil­i­ties per­form an impor­tant road safety func­tion by pro­vid­ing road users with the oppor­tu­nity to stop.