Developing resilience standards in UK infrastructure - NIC

Connected and automated mobility - NIC

Growth across regions - NIC

Infrastructure Progress Review 2024 - NIC

Infrastructure planning system - NIC

Infrastructure Progress Review 2022 - NIC

Electricity distribution networks: Creating capacity for the future - NIC

Quality of life - NIC

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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July 2025

National Infrastructure Commission

Title / URL	Issues
Developing resilience standards in UK infrastructure - NICnic.org.uk/studies-reports/developing-resilience-standards/	39
Connected and automated mobility - NICnic.org.uk/studies-reports/connected-and-autonomous-mobility/	6
Growth across regions - NICnic.org.uk/studies-reports/growth-across-regions/	6
Infrastructure Progress Review 2024 - NICnic.org.uk/studies-reports/infrastructure-progress-review-2024/	3
Infrastructure planning system - NICnic.org.uk/studies-reports/infrastructure-planning-system/	1
Infrastructure Progress Review 2022 - NICnic.org.uk/studies-reports/infrastructure-progress-review-2022/	1
Electricity distribution networks: Creating capacity for the future - NICnic.org.uk/studies-reports/electricity-distribution-networks-report/	1
Quality of life - NICnic.org.uk/studies-reports/quality-of-life/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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