Company type | Government-owned company |
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Industry | Highway Authority |
Founded | 1 April 2015 |
Headquarters | Bridge House 1 Walnut Tree Close Guildford GU1 4LZ[1] |
Key people | Nick Harris (Chief Executive) Colin Matthews (Chairman) |
Owner | HM Government |
Number of employees | 4,700 (2018) |
Website | nationalhighways |
National Highways, formerly Highways England, and, prior to that, the Highways Agency, is a company owned by the British government. It is in charge of looking after the motorways and large A-roads in England. They also have traffic officers who deal with incidents, such as car accidents, on the motorways. It replaced the Highways Agency in 2015.[2]