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Highways UK 2023

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The Highways UK event brings together the people responsible for planning, developing, managing, maintaining, and future-proofing the nation's roads networks.

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18th October, 2023 - 19th October, 2023

Event Organizer

Terrapinn

Event Location

NEC, Birmingham

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    May 8, 2014
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    October 4, 2013
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  • Highways Agency launches A14 consultation
    April 9, 2014
    As a result of the public consultation to consider route options for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme, the proposed scheme has been developed in more detail and plans to toll the road have been dropped. Changes that have been made in response to feedback from last year’s consultation include improvements to four junctions on the route and an updated local access road been proposed between two villages. The Highways Agency has now launched a ten-week consultation period, which forms par