Our Purpose

The HSC will bring together industry and government to transform the highways sector by taking advantage of new technologies and ways of working to deliver economic, environmental and social benefits for all highway users, taxpayers and the wider society

Our Purpose

The HSC will bring together industry and government to transform the highways sector by taking advantage of new technologies and ways of working to deliver economic, environmental and social benefits for all highway users, taxpayers and the wider society

Our Structure

  • The Highways Sector Council is a public and private sector council that covers both strategic and local roads in England
  • The council is voluntary and a not-for-profit sector group
  • The Council is set up by the sector in partnership with the Department for Transport
  • The Chair and Council members are appointed in a personal capacity for the contribution they will make towards the highways and transportation sector

Our Aims

  • Developing a collaborative approach to transform and improve how the sector works across a number of key areas: people and skills, innovation, safety, environment, value, investment and delivery models
  • Speaking to central government with a unified voice with greater clarity on asks from and offers to government
  • Working as a private and public partnership with central government, local government and the supply chain to develop and deliver a plan  as one for our key areas
  • Using ISO 44001 Collaborative Framework and its behaviours as the benchmark for all council related activity

Our Values

Collaboration

We will work together towards a common aim in a spirit of mutual trust and respect

Integrity

We will conduct ourselves in an open and transparent manner to ensure the council benefits the sector before our own individual organisations

Customer focus

We will recognise and behave in a way that puts customer benefits at the heart of our activities

Progressive

We will be agents of change in the highways sector, using innovation to drive positive sector change in how we work

Leadership

We are leaders within the highways sector delivering and leveraging positive sector change in line with the council’s aims in an inclusive way

Our Aims

  • Developing a collaborative approach to transform and improve how the sector works across a number of key areas: people and skills, innovation, safety, environment, value, investment and delivery models
  • Speaking to central government with a unified voice with greater clarity on asks from and offers to government
  • Working as a private and public partnership with central government, local government and the supply chain to develop and deliver a plan  as one for our key areas
  • Using ISO 44001 Collaborative Framework and its behaviours as the benchmark for all council related activity