Corporate report

Strategic highways company framework agreement

Defines the overall governance framework and relationship between government and National Highways, the strategic highways company.

• From: Department for Transport and National Highways
• Published: 15 October 2026

Documents

National Highways framework

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National Highways framework: protocol agreement

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Details

This framework defines the relationship between the Department for Transport (DfT) and the strategic highways company, National Highways.

It describes governance arrangements including:

• roles and responsibilities
• day-to-day ways of working
• how DfT will work with and support National Highways in achieving its objectives
• how the company will be held to account for its performance