Highways England maps out route for net zero roads by 2050

Michael Holder
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Government company's plan includes requirements for contractors that it argues could make road maintenance and construction 'near zero' emission by 2040

Highways England has laid out its route for delivering net zero emissions across road travel, construction, and maintenance over the next 30 years, alongside a suite of new measures to decarbonise its...

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