‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ digital revolution for National Highways’ roads

摘要

A virtual twin of the road network that can predict the time and location of potholes and other maintenance issues is just one of the innovations poised to transform National Highways’ future operations, according to Highways England (National Highways). Other initiatives that could lead the charge on a digital revolution for roads include intelligent road materials able to repair themselves and more connected and autonomous plant. These are some of the systems set to be rolled out as part of National Highways’ Digital Roads strategy which was outlined last week on a new Digital Roads website and ‘virtual learning environment’.