From herding bulls off the motorway to being the first on the scene of a serious crash, anything can happen in a day working for National Highways. To find out what goes into keeping our roads safe, reporter Alex Langridge went out on patrol with traffic officers and spent a day in the South East control room. Each morning teams of traffic officers from National Highways’ Coldharbour outstation in Aylesford are assigned part of the strategic road network – the carriageways the organisation is responsible for – and sent out on patrol. This involves driving up and down the carriageways, parking …
