Infrastructure update: The highways programme

By Agnieszka Krzyzaniak and Nora Taylor, Agnieszka Krzyzaniak and Nora Taylor 2020-04-30T06:00:00

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Highways England is about to embark on a massive road investment programme, RIS2, for 2020-25. Agnieszka Krzyzaniak and Nora Taylor of Arcadis explore how it will go about delivering the programme efficiently while aiming to minimise environmental impact and increasing its focus on road user experience

01 / Introduction

Although the 2020 Budget will be remembered principally for the chancellor’s covid-19 response, it also confirmed a £27.4bn allocation for the Road Investment Strategy (RIS2), the largest funding settlement ever made in England for roads investment. With a portfolio of 29 schemes starting construction in early 2020, Highways England (HE) is in a strong position to accelerate the upgrade and expansion of the Strategic Road Network (SRN) over the 2020-25 period of RIS2.

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