ORR rethinks Highways England scrutiny

摘要

The strategic roads watchdog is rethinking how it assesses Highways England's performance following the impact of COVID-19 and has called for a sit-down with government and the roads operator to discuss the future. In a letter last month to Highways England chief executive Jim O'Sullivan, the Office of Rail and Road's (ORR) chief executive, John Larkinson, noted that 'the pandemic has happened when we were transitioning from the first five-year road period to the second'.