Highways England is the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England’s motorways and major A roads. Formerly the Highways Agency, we became a government company in April 2015.

We do not manage all roads in Britain:

• local roads are managed by the relevant local authority
• Scottish roads are managed by Transport Scotland
• Welsh roads are managed by the Welsh Assembly
• London roads are managed by Transport for London

We are not an enforcement organisation. If someone is breaking the law you should contact the police on 101 – or on 999 if urgent or life threatening.

Traffic and transport legislation, regulations and policy are the remit of the Department for Transport.