The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published details of how Highways England will be held to account for delivering more than £11bn of investment in England's motorways and main A roads over the next five years.

'Monitoring Highway England - the monitoring framework' sets out how ORR will monitor Highways England's performance in areas including making the strategic road network safer, minimising disruption from roadworks or incidents, and delivering better environmental outcomes. It also explains how ORR will hold Highways England to account for efficient delivery, for example of major improvement schemes.

The document sets out how ORR will carry out its highways monitoring function through expert analysis of performance data, strong engagement with stakeholders and transparent reporting and commentary on Highways England's progress.  

'Monitoring Highways England' is the product of consultation with road users, the highways supply chain, government and wider stakeholders. ORR took on responsibility for monitoring Highways England's performance and delivery of the road investment strategy in April 2015.

ORR also announced the appointment of two further senior industry figures to its Highways Committee, augmenting the skills and experience of the team delivering the monitoring function. Terry Hill and Garrett Emmerson join the Committee alongside Professor Stephen Glaister, Emeritus Professor of Imperial College and former Director of the RAC Foundation, and other ORR Board members.

A copy of the document is available to download here