Highways England has launched a new set of ten design principles which will inform future road schemes to ensure its roads better serve the people who use them and the environments through which they pass.
The company, responsible for delivering the Governmentâs ÂŁ15bn Road Investment Strategy, says that as well as connecting people and places, there should be renewed focus on improvements which are long lasting, sensitive to their surroundings, and enhance the quality of life.
âWe are delivering the biggest level of investment in Englandâs strategic road network for a generation,â said Highways Englandâs Chief Highways Engineer Mike Wilson. âWe want roads that not only connect the country and communities, but which achieve a higher quality of life; that are designed in a way that is sensitive to the surroundings; provide greater economic vitality and use resources in a more efficient and innovative way.â
View Highways Englandâs design principles.