The Complete Journey: From Planning to Recycling

The Roadmap Theatre is Traffex's central content hub on the show floor, delivering strategic insights across the entire lifecycle of road infrastructure.

This isn't about isolated presentations on disconnected topics. It's about following the complete journey of our road network, breaking down sectoral silos and creating a holistic view of how projects move from concept through to end-of-life.

Immediate Impact

While Traffex focuses on practical delivery, effective implementation requires understanding of policy direction, regulatory changes, funding mechanisms, and sector-wide initiatives. This theatre provides that strategic framework, featuring insights from policymakers, industry leaders, and Highways Magazine's editorial team.

It's where implementation meets strategy

 

The Six-Stage Journey

Every session is connected to a specific stage in the road lifecycle, creating a logical progression that mirrors how projects actually happen:

1. Planning

Strategic network assessment, investment prioritization, stakeholder engagement, and climate adaptation planning. How do we decide what gets built and where?

2. Procurement

Framework agreements, contractor selection, collaborative contracting, and supply chain management. How do we get the right partners in place?

3. Design

Technical design, materials selection, innovation integration, and future-proofing. How do we design roads that deliver for decades?

4. Delivery

Project management, on-site execution, programme delivery, and risk mitigation. How do we turn plans into reality—on time and on budget?

5. Maintenance

Asset management strategies, preventative maintenance, lifecycle costing, and operational excellence. How do we keep our network performing?

6. Recycling

Circular economy principles, material reuse, sustainable decommissioning. How do we handle end-of-life responsibly?


What You'll Hear

  • Strategic Keynotes - Policy makers and industry leaders on regulatory direction, funding mechanisms, and transformative sector initiatives.
  • Lifecycle Deep-Dives - Focused presentations on specific challenges at each stage—backed by real project data and honest lessons learned.
  • Panel Discussions - Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the cross-cutting issues that span the entire lifecycle: funding, climate, skills, collaboration.
  • End-to-End Case Studies - Following major projects through multiple stages, revealing what worked, what didn't, and why.

Who Should Attend?

The Roadmap Theatre is designed for:

  • Strategic Decision-Makers influencing long-term infrastructure planning
  • Programme Directors overseeing multi-stage, multi-year projects
  • Asset Managers responsible for whole-life performance
  • Policy Specialists navigating regulatory and funding landscapes
  • Senior Engineers connecting technical delivery to strategic outcomes
  • Local Authority Leaders balancing political, financial, and operational demands

If you're looking beyond individual solutions to understand how everything connects—from initial concept through to decommissioning—this is your theatre.

Present on the Roadmap Theatre

We're currently accepting proposals for the Roadmap Theatre. If you have strategic insights, project case studies, or policy perspectives that connect to the road lifecycle, we want to hear from you. Read our call for papers email.