The Appointment of a Strategic Highways Company Order 2015

This Order appoints Highways England Company Limited (Company No. 9346363), (“Highways England”), as a highway authority for all highways in England for which the Secretary of State for Transport was the highway authority immediately before this Order was made, except for the M6 Toll Road and the roads that form part of the Severn Crossings up to the border with Wales. Those highways not transferred to Highways England are currently operated under concession agreements and the Secretary of State for Transport remains the highway authority in respect of them. Under section 1(4) of the Infrastructure Act 2015, by virtue of this Order, Highways England is a strategic highways company.