National Highways at Traffex Looking after England's major roads and motorways
Supporting Traffex 2024
National Highways leaders will be speaking across multiple stages at Traffex including the Management & Mobility, Safety & Sustainability and EV infrastructure stages.
Key topics will include:
- Strategic Roads – RIS2 and Beyond
- Connected vehicles data
- Electrification of the Strategic Road Network
- Digital Twins Case Study
- Improving biodiversity on the UK's road networks
- Case Study: The Lower Thames Crossing and PAS 2080
- Decarbonising Roads from Cradle to Grave
National Highways Sessions
Sessions at Evex
Wednesday 22 May 2024
11:15
Power Up! – Challenges and Opportunities for Electrification of the Strategic Road Network
11:15 - 11:35
Funding & Investment
- The government announced a pilot of the Rapid Charging Fund in December 2023.
- As we work to ramp up the provision of rapid and ultra-rapid charging for strategic journeys, Liz will speak about lessons learned to date and consider future opportunities in this space.
Sessions at Traffex
Wednesday 22 May 2024
10:00
Keynote 1: Strategic Roads – RIS2 and Beyond
10:00 - 10:30
- Finishing the second road period strongly
- Preparing for RIS3
- Highlighting the value of the strategic road network to the UK economy
14:00
Panel: Connected Vehicle Data: What Benefits does it Offer Road Operators and Transport Planners?
14:00 - 14:40
Connected Vehicles
- Improving transportation efficiency, enhancing vehicle safety, reducing emissions, and enabling new mobility services are touted benefits of connected vehicles.
- But how are these opportunities being realised on the ground?
Speakers
15:15
Case Study: The Lower Thames Crossing and PAS 2080
15:15 - 15:45
Decarbonisation
15:50
Modernising and Digitalising the Specification for Highway Works
15:50 - 16:20
- National Highways is modernising and digitalising the Specification for Highways Works that are used by all road authorities across the United Kingdom, and this will be published in March 2025.
- New ways of preparing and distributing site-specific specifications will be introduced and this will require changes to the way in which clients, designers and constructors work.
- This presentation will outline these changes so that organisations can adapt to the new requirements in advance of the launch in March 2025.
15:50
Panel: Decarbonising Roads from Cradle to Grave
15:50 - 16:30
Decarbonisation
- A discussion covering embodied carbon across all lifecycle stages, from material supply to design, construction, maintenance and end of life.
- With the whole value chain in mind, how can asset owners work towards PAS 2080 and ISO 14001?
