We are the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England’s motorways and major A roads. Our road network totals around 4,300 miles – carrying a third of all traffic by mileage and two thirds of all heavy goods traffic.
We work to provide free-flowing, safe, serviceable, accessible, and integrated roads. Our network helps drive economic growth across the country, creating jobs, supporting businesses, and opening areas for development.
As a responsible road operator we recognise that roads are essential for society and the economy, but their use does present environmental challenges. Therefore we actively avoid or reduce adverse environmental impacts wherever possible.
As one of England’s largest landowners, we are proud of the work we do to look after the wildlife that lives alongside our network, and to protect and improve the environment for future generations. We aim to achieve no net loss of biodiversity across all our activities.
We’ve always built social value into every aspect of our network. We know how important it is that we make a positive difference to the communities and the environment where we work. Our Social Value Plan sets out how we already deliver social value and describing how we can do even more.
