What is National Highways?
{{DISPLAYTITLE:National Highways}} {{Infobox company | name = National Highways Company Limited | type = [[state-owned enterprise|Government-owned company]] | industry = [[Highway Authority]] | abbreviation = | founded = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|04|01}} | defunct = | hq_location = Bridge House <br> 1 Walnut Tree Close <br> [[Guildford]] <br> GU1 4LZ<ref>{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://highwaysengland.co.uk/highways-england-about-us/ |website=National Highways |access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> | motto = | key_people = Nick Harris<br /><small>(Chief Executive)</small><br/>[[Colin Matthews (businessman)|Colin Matthews]]<br /><small>(Chairman)</small> | num_employees = 4,700 (2018) | owner = [[HM Government]] | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''National Highways''', formerly '''Highways England''', and, prior to that, the '''Highways Agency''', is a [[company]] owned by the [[HM Government|British government]]. It is in charge of looking after the [[controlled-access highways|motorways]] and large A-roads in [[England]]. They also have traffic officers who deal with incidents, such as [[car accident]]s, on the motorways. It replaced the [[Highways Agency]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite Hansard |house=House of Commons |title=Trunk Roads (Review) |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199394/cmhansrd/1994-03-30/Debate-1.html |date=30 March 1994 |column=929 |speaker=[[John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market|John MacGregor]] |position=Secretary of State for Transport |quote=My target was to complete the review in time for it to provide the basis for the new Highways Agency, which is being launched today.}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Motorways in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:British transport companies]] [[Category:2015 establishments in the United Kingdom]]