National Highways Supply Chain Development

We are the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England’s motorways and major A roads. Our strategic 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. We are committed to cutting our carbon footprint, and fully support government’s drive to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050.

In November 2024 we launched our refreshed  Supplier Development System .  This will prepare our supply chain for effective delivery of the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3). It consists of a capability assessment for organisations to benchmark and build competencies across a range of priority issues. We invite all suppliers and sub-contractors in the wider highways supply chain to use this important tool to develop their business.