The National Highways Sector Scheme (NHSS) for highway landscape and vegetation management was launched with much fanfare at last autumn's loG Salt-ex exhibition. Scheme number 18 is one of 25 such schemes covering all aspects of work on the trunk road network, overseen by the Highways Agency. The network accounts for over one-third of all traffic and nearly two-thirds of HGV traffic. All environmental aspects of road work, from badger tunnels to bat-boxes, are covered, as well as design, planning and contract specification of roadside landscapes including all arboricultural works.
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