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The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions.
A3 Hindhead Improvement
The project will deliver quicker, more reliable journeys on a safer road.
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Helpful ways to access the latest traffic information when you need it.
Types of Road Project
Highways Agency Areas
In order to manage England's strategic network, the Agency has divided the country into fourteen areas. Each of these Areas is assigned an Area team and a contractor, known as a Managing Agent (MA) or Managing Agent Contractor (MAC).
Each Area team and corresponding Managing Agent is responsible for the maintenance of the Agency's roads in their area. Area teams are part of Traffic Operations (TO) Directorate.
- View a map of Agency Areas and find projects located in these Areas
- Find out more about the Areas and how they are managed
There are a number of other types of project managed by the Agency:
Major Projects
We also manage a series of larger projects, including the Government's Programme of Major Schemes. This is a programme of major road projects costing more than £5 million.
These projects are assigned their own project teams, and are the responsibility of Major Projects (MP) Directorate.
- Find out more about the Programme of Major Schemes
- Read about our vision for the future of Major Projects following publication of the Nichols report
When Major Projects are deciding whether to ahead with a project and which options to proceed with they use an Appraisal Process to help with the decision-making process.
Design, Build, Finance & Operate
Parts of the motorway and trunk road network are managed under Private Finance Initiative. These contracts are known as "Design, Build, Finance and Operate" (DBFO) contracts.
Bridge Structures
With a few exceptions, the Highways Agency is responsible for all bridges on the trunk road network in England. The trunk road network consists of almost all motorways and a number of major ‘A’ roads and provides the main inter-urban and inter-regional routes for through traffic. The Highways Agency is also responsible for most other structures associated with those roads, such as drainage culverts, sign gantries, lighting columns and retaining walls.
