Nationalhighways Reviews

Constant roadworks and everyone in them

Constant roadworks and everyone in them just standing around doing nothing M3 frimley has had lanes closed for nearly a year Complete shambles

Clowns

A total embarrassment to the roads of this County Totally unorganised and run by a set of clowns who are tasked with keeping the roads moving but haven t a clue

Trapped by the cavalier Highways Agency

There are 15 houses up our country lane 65 people We had no notice whatsoever that our only road to the main road would be shut every day for an undetermined number of days from 8 30am to 2pm each day while they dig up the road and tarmac the potholes We re missing hospital doctors dentist and optician appointments There is zero public transport Taxis cost 30 one way to the nearest towns We can t get to Macclesfield train station for work We can t get to Manchester airport On calling their complaints dept a very combative woman tells us that unless it s a matter of life and death they can pretty much do what they want One of our trapped holiday let guests booked our place so he could be within one hour of Wilmslow hospital in case his very recent Achilles operation develops potentially fatal blood clots But that doesn t count apparently They ve erected a sign saying Road closed Use alternative route There isn t one No-one will tell us how long our only single track road will be closed for As the gang only work for 5 hours a day this could take weeks High handed abusive public service

FAILURE to advance sign a major road closure

I wasted 20 minutes plus fuel and emissions on the evening of 29th May 2024 thanks to these clueless fools not giving ANY advanced warning of an overnight closure on the A1 north of Blyth Nottinghamshire I got there and followed the diversion which took me on the A1 SOUTHBOUND I was heading north It then took me onto the A57 I had already driven north up the A614 to the A57 A1 junction THAT is where they should ve signed advance warning of the A1 closure instead of getting people to waste time and fuel going right up to the closure All there was at the A614 junction with the A57 was an A1 diverted traffic sign For all I know that could ve been there since last year and the police or National Highways or the council were too bone idle to take away No advance warning of a closure in the direction I m heading but the matrixes on the SW-bound M18 often warn of closures on the A1 further NORTH and on roads on the other side of the Pennines

The Chinese can build a city with

The Chinese can build a city with public services in a year Its taken highways england 10 years to add a lane to a motor way They cost the tax payer billions and everytime I drive down the m27 there s 20 of them stood round doing nothing It s day light robbery

National Highways basically LIE TO THE PUBLIC

Contacted National Highways regarding the information on travel they show on their site They state congestion as the cause of the travel issues on nearly all their alerts if not all This is purely to boost their stats and elevate their SLAs and KPIs as the congestion is a consequence of their actions in the case of the chaos on the A14 Orwell crossing there is no communication as to when remedial works will commence to rectify the issue not even an acknowledgement of the issue one lane closed due to concerns over a joint People from outside of the are will read the alert and believe that normal conditions will return in a given time period about 30-45 mins This is PURE FICTION the tail backs get worse not better they increase from 0700 3-5 mins up to 20-30 mins until the evening rush hour ends 1830hrs THEY LIE TO YOU I asked for feedback from them after asking about the A14 issue they invite you to do so and state that they will be in contact shortly well that was 0900hrs on Monday 3 days ago Why would I expect anything less from this shoddy excuse of an organisation poor very poor National Highways you are a disgrace

Clueless organisation

Clueless organisation where not-so-smart people are in charge of smart motorways Driving down the M6 between M6 Toll and M5 huge queues no opening of the hard shoulder to at least ease some of the traffic The smart section between 9 and 8 M5 is never open and causes confusion as before then the hard shoulder is open then here it s closed only to open a few hundred yards down the road Finally their engineers give the south east decent roads with tunnels in sensitive areas But sod the rest of the country where it s ok to carve out a huge new cutting in the Cotswolds for the A417 and tearing down a centuries-old pub Because the engineers live at office desks miles away and are completely oblivious to local peoples needs Their roads may look pretty on their smart graphics but they absolutely don t give a monkeys about the environment Unless it s in the south east I also worked there for a short while and found it incredibly frustrating The organisation is disorganised inefficient and stuck in the past

horrible company

my god what an uncaring un compassionate bad management company maybe because its run from guildford or even worse in birmingham which is a dump go get a real job and stop messing about on motorways