diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/NotificationPoliciesPage.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/NotificationPoliciesPage.tsx
index e1a7b724abc..d48a41850db 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/NotificationPoliciesPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/NotificationPoliciesPage.tsx
@@ -38,13 +38,14 @@ import { withPageErrorBoundary } from './withPageErrorBoundary';
 import { AlertmanagerGroup, Receiver, Route, ROUTES_META_SYMBOL } from '../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { stringifyErrorLike } from './utils/misc';
 import {
+  useCreateRoutingTree,
   useDeleteRoutingTree,
   useListNotificationPolicyRoutes,
   useRootRouteSearch,
 } from './components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute';
 import { useURLSearchParams } from './hooks/useURLSearchParams';
 import { usePagination } from './hooks/usePagination';
-import { useDeleteRoutingTreeModal } from './components/notification-policies/components/Modals';
+import { useCreateRoutingTreeModal, useDeleteRoutingTreeModal } from './components/notification-policies/components/Modals';
 import { ALL_ROUTING_TREES, useExportRoutingTree } from './components/notification-policies/useExportRoutingTree';
 import { K8sAnnotations, ROOT_ROUTE_NAME } from './utils/k8s/constants';
 import ConditionalWrap from './components/ConditionalWrap';
@@ -52,10 +53,11 @@ import { ProvisioningBadge } from './components/Provisioning';
 import { getAnnotation } from './utils/k8s/utils';
 import { Spacer } from './components/Spacer';
 import MoreButton from './components/MoreButton';
-import { useContactPointsWithStatus } from './components/contact-points/useContactPoints';
+import { useGrafanaContactPoints } from './components/contact-points/useContactPoints';
 import { useAlertGroupsModal } from './components/notification-policies/Modals';
 import { normalizeMatchers } from './utils/matchers';
 import { RoutingTreeFilter } from './components/notification-policies/components/RoutingTreeFilter';
+import {config} from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 enum ActiveTab {
   NotificationPolicies = 'notification_policies',
@@ -126,7 +128,9 @@ const NotificationPoliciesTabs = () => {
 const PolicyTreeTab = () => {
   const { isGrafanaAlertmanager } = useAlertmanager();
 
-  if (!isGrafanaAlertmanager) {
+  const useMultiplePoliciesView = config.featureToggles.alertingMultiplePolicies;
+
+  if (!isGrafanaAlertmanager || !useMultiplePoliciesView) {
     return <NotificationPoliciesTree />;
   }
 
@@ -138,7 +142,6 @@ const PolicyTreeTab = () => {
 const DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 10;
 
 const PolicyTreeTabContents = () => {
-  const { selectedAlertmanager } = useAlertmanager();
   const [queryParams] = useURLSearchParams();
 
   const [[createPoliciesSupported, createPoliciesAllowed], [exportPoliciesSupported, exportPoliciesAllowed]] =
@@ -151,18 +154,21 @@ const PolicyTreeTabContents = () => {
     currentData: allPolicies,
     isLoading,
     error: fetchPoliciesError,
-  } = useListNotificationPolicyRoutes({ alertmanager: selectedAlertmanager ?? '' });
+  } = useListNotificationPolicyRoutes();
 
   const [ExportDrawer, showExportDrawer] = useExportRoutingTree();
+
+  const [createTrigger] = useCreateRoutingTree();
+  const [CreateModal, showCreateModal] = useCreateRoutingTreeModal(createTrigger.execute);
+
   const search = queryParams.get('search');
 
   const [contactPointsSupported, canSeeContactPoints] = useAlertmanagerAbility(AlertmanagerAction.ViewContactPoint);
   const shouldFetchContactPoints = contactPointsSupported && canSeeContactPoints;
-  const { contactPoints: receivers } = useContactPointsWithStatus({
-    alertmanager: selectedAlertmanager ?? '',
-    fetchPolicies: false,
-    fetchStatuses: true,
+  const { contactPoints: receivers } = useGrafanaContactPoints({
     skip: !shouldFetchContactPoints,
+    fetchStatuses: false,
+    fetchPolicies: false,
   });
 
   if (isLoading) {
@@ -177,15 +183,15 @@ const PolicyTreeTabContents = () => {
 
         <Stack direction="row" gap={1}>
           {createPoliciesSupported && (
-            <LinkButton
+            <Button
               icon="plus"
               aria-label={'add policy'}
               variant="primary"
-              href="/alerting/routes/new"
               disabled={!createPoliciesAllowed}
+              onClick={() => showCreateModal()}
             >
               Create policy
-            </LinkButton>
+            </Button>
           )}
           {exportPoliciesSupported && (
             <Button
@@ -210,6 +216,7 @@ const PolicyTreeTabContents = () => {
           receivers={receivers}
         />
       )}
+      {CreateModal}
       {ExportDrawer}
     </>
   );
@@ -218,7 +225,7 @@ const PolicyTreeTabContents = () => {
 interface RoutingTreeListProps {
   policies: Route[];
   search?: string | null;
-  pageSize?: number;
+  pageSize: number;
   receivers?: Receiver[];
 }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/EditDefaultPolicyForm.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/EditDefaultPolicyForm.tsx
index 61ce391d779..f5dfac23968 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/EditDefaultPolicyForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/EditDefaultPolicyForm.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Controller, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { ContactPointSelector as GrafanaManagedContactPointSelector } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
 import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { Collapse, Field, Link, MultiSelect, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Collapse, Field, Input, Link, MultiSelect, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { ExternalAlertmanagerContactPointSelector } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/ContactPointSelector';
 import { handleContactPointSelect } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/utils';
 import { RouteWithID } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ export interface AmRootRouteFormProps {
   actionButtons: ReactNode;
   onSubmit: (route: Partial<FormAmRoute>) => void;
   route: RouteWithID;
+  showNameField?: boolean;
 }
 
-export const AmRootRouteForm = ({ actionButtons, alertManagerSourceName, onSubmit, route }: AmRootRouteFormProps) => {
+export const AmRootRouteForm = ({ actionButtons, alertManagerSourceName, onSubmit, route, showNameField }: AmRootRouteFormProps) => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getFormStyles);
   const [isTimingOptionsExpanded, setIsTimingOptionsExpanded] = useState(false);
   const { isGrafanaAlertmanager } = useAlertmanager();
@@ -55,6 +56,30 @@ export const AmRootRouteForm = ({ actionButtons, alertManagerSourceName, onSubmi
   });
   return (
     <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
+      {showNameField && (<Field
+        required
+        label={t('alerting.am-root-route-form.name', 'Name')}
+        description={t(
+          'alerting.am-root-route-form.description-unique-route',
+          'A unique name for the routing tree'
+        )}
+        invalid={!!errors.name}
+        error={errors.name?.message}
+      >
+        <Input
+          {...register('name', {
+            required: true,
+            validate: (value) => {
+              if (!value || value.trim().length === 0) {
+                return 'Name is required';
+              }
+              return true
+            },
+          })}
+          className={styles.input}
+          data-testid="routing-tree-name"
+        />
+      </Field>)}
       <Field
         label={t('alerting.am-root-route-form.label-default-contact-point', 'Default contact point')}
         invalid={Boolean(errors.receiver) ? true : undefined}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Modals.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Modals.tsx
index d3187c41a7e..cc25929a7e2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Modals.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Modals.tsx
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ const useAlertGroupsModal = (
   return [modalElement, handleShow, handleDismiss];
 };
 
-const UpdatingModal: FC<Pick<ModalProps, 'isOpen'>> = ({ isOpen }) => (
+export const UpdatingModal: FC<Pick<ModalProps, 'isOpen' | 'onDismiss'>> = ({ isOpen, onDismiss = () => {}} ) => (
   <Modal
     isOpen={isOpen}
-    onDismiss={() => {}}
+    onDismiss={onDismiss}
     closeOnBackdropClick={false}
     closeOnEscape={false}
     ariaLabel={t('alerting.policies.update.updating', 'Updating...')}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx
index 29439413ed7..16752749ffc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx
@@ -694,9 +694,9 @@ const AllMatchesIndicator: FC = () => {
   );
 };
 
-type DefaultPolicyIndicatorProps = { route: RouteWithID };
+type DefaultPolicyIndicatorProps = { route?: RouteWithID };
 
-const DefaultPolicyIndicator: FC<DefaultPolicyIndicatorProps> = ({route}) => {
+export const DefaultPolicyIndicator: FC<DefaultPolicyIndicatorProps> = ({route={}}) => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   return (
     <>
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/components/Modals.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/components/Modals.tsx
index cd295a613e6..059ce600bfd 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/components/Modals.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/components/Modals.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { Button, Modal, ModalProps } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, Modal, ModalProps, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { stringifyErrorLike } from '../../../utils/misc';
+import { FormAmRoute } from '../../../types/amroutes';
+import { AmRootRouteForm } from '../EditDefaultPolicyForm';
+import { UpdatingModal } from '../Modals';
+import { getFormStyles } from '../formStyles';
+import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../../utils/datasource';
+import { RouteWithID } from '../../../../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
+import { defaultGroupBy } from '../../../utils/amroutes';
 
 /**
  * This hook controls the delete modal for routing trees, showing loading and error states when appropriate
@@ -56,18 +63,12 @@ export const useDeleteRoutingTreeModal = (
         closeOnEscape={!isLoading}
         title={'Delete routing tree'}
       >
-        <p>
-          Deleting this routing tree will permanently remove it.
-        </p>
-        <p>
-          Are you sure you want to delete this routing tree?
-        </p>
+        <p>Deleting this routing tree will permanently remove it.</p>
+        <p>Are you sure you want to delete this routing tree?</p>
 
         <Modal.ButtonRow>
           <Button type="button" variant="destructive" onClick={handleSubmit} disabled={isLoading}>
-            {isLoading
-              ? "Deleting..."
-              : "Yes, delete routing tree"}
+            {isLoading ? 'Deleting...' : 'Yes, delete routing tree'}
           </Button>
           <Button type="button" variant="secondary" onClick={handleDismiss} disabled={isLoading}>
             <Trans i18nKey="alerting.common.cancel">Cancel</Trans>
@@ -80,6 +81,92 @@ export const useDeleteRoutingTreeModal = (
   return [modalElement, handleShow, handleDismiss] as const;
 };
 
+const emptyRouteWithID = {
+  id: '',
+  name: '',
+  group_by: defaultGroupBy,
+}
+
+/**
+ * This hook controls the create modal for routing trees, showing loading and error states when appropriate
+ */
+export const useCreateRoutingTreeModal = (handleCreate: (route: Partial<FormAmRoute>) => Promise<unknown>) => {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getFormStyles);
+  const [showModal, setShowModal] = useState(false);
+  const [route, setRoute] = useState<RouteWithID>(emptyRouteWithID);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<unknown | undefined>();
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
+
+  const handleDismiss = useCallback(() => {
+    if (isLoading) {
+      return;
+    }
+    setShowModal(false);
+    setError(undefined);
+    setRoute(emptyRouteWithID);
+  }, [isLoading]);
+
+  const handleShow = useCallback(() => {
+    setShowModal(true);
+    setError(undefined);
+    setRoute(emptyRouteWithID);
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleSubmit = useCallback(
+    (newRoute: Partial<FormAmRoute>) => {
+      if (newRoute) {
+        setIsLoading(true);
+        handleCreate(newRoute)
+          .then(() => setShowModal(false))
+          .catch(setError)
+          .finally(() => {
+            setIsLoading(false);
+          });
+      }
+    },
+    [handleCreate]
+  );
+
+  const modalElement = useMemo(() => {
+    if (error) {
+      return <ErrorModal isOpen={showModal} onDismiss={handleDismiss} error={error} />;
+    }
+
+    if (isLoading) {
+      return <UpdatingModal isOpen={showModal} onDismiss={handleDismiss} />;
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <Modal
+        isOpen={showModal}
+        onDismiss={handleDismiss}
+        closeOnBackdropClick={true}
+        closeOnEscape={true}
+        title={'Create routing tree'}
+      >
+        <AmRootRouteForm
+          route={route}
+          showNameField={true}
+          onSubmit={handleSubmit}
+          alertManagerSourceName={GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME}
+          actionButtons={
+            <Modal.ButtonRow>
+              <Button type="button" variant="secondary" onClick={handleDismiss} fill="outline">
+                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.common.cancel">Cancel</Trans>
+              </Button>
+              <Button type="submit">
+                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.policies.save-policy">Add routing tree</Trans>
+              </Button>
+            </Modal.ButtonRow>
+          }
+        />
+      </Modal>
+    );
+  }, [route, error, handleSubmit, handleDismiss, isLoading, showModal, styles.input]);
+
+  return [modalElement, handleShow, handleDismiss] as const;
+};
+
 interface ErrorModalProps extends Pick<ModalProps, 'isOpen' | 'onDismiss'> {
   error: unknown;
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute.ts
index f6627088fb8..43b9ce970f8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import uFuzzy from '@leeoniya/ufuzzy';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 const {
+  useCreateNamespacedRoutingTreeMutation,
   useDeleteNamespacedRoutingTreeMutation,
   useListNamespacedRoutingTreeQuery,
   useReplaceNamespacedRoutingTreeMutation,
@@ -83,13 +84,11 @@ export const useNotificationPolicyRoute = (
   return k8sApiSupported ? k8sRouteQuery : amConfigQuery;
 };
 
-export const useListNotificationPolicyRoutes = ({ alertmanager }: BaseAlertmanagerArgs, { skip }: Skippable = {}) => {
-  const k8sApiSupported = shouldUseK8sApi(alertmanager);
-
+export const useListNotificationPolicyRoutes = ({ skip }: Skippable = {}) => {
   return useListNamespacedRoutingTreeQuery(
     { namespace: getAPINamespace() },
     {
-      skip: skip || !k8sApiSupported,
+      skip: skip,
       selectFromResult: (result) => {
         return {
           ...result,
@@ -267,6 +266,48 @@ export function useDeleteRoutingTree() {
   });
 }
 
+export function useCreateRoutingTree() {
+  const [createNamespacedRoutingTree] = useCreateNamespacedRoutingTreeMutation();
+
+  return useAsync(async (partialFormRoute: Partial<FormAmRoute>) => {
+    const namespace = getAPINamespace();
+
+    const {
+      name,
+      overrideGrouping,
+      groupBy,
+      overrideTimings,
+      groupWaitValue,
+      groupIntervalValue,
+      repeatIntervalValue,
+      receiver,
+    } = partialFormRoute;
+
+    // This does not "inherit" from any existing route, as this is a new routing tree. If not set, it will use the system
+    // defaults. Currently supported by group_by, group_wait, group_interval, and repeat_interval
+    const USE_DEFAULTS = undefined;
+
+    const newRoute: Route = {
+      name: name,
+      group_by: overrideGrouping ? groupBy : USE_DEFAULTS,
+      group_wait: overrideTimings && groupWaitValue ? groupWaitValue : USE_DEFAULTS,
+      group_interval: overrideTimings && groupIntervalValue ? groupIntervalValue : USE_DEFAULTS,
+      repeat_interval: overrideTimings && repeatIntervalValue ? repeatIntervalValue : USE_DEFAULTS,
+      receiver: receiver,
+    };
+
+    // defaults(newRoute, TIMING_OPTIONS_DEFAULTS)
+
+    // Create the K8s route object
+    const routeObject = createKubernetesRoutingTreeSpec(newRoute);
+
+    return createNamespacedRoutingTree({
+      namespace,
+      comGithubGrafanaGrafanaPkgApisAlertingNotificationsV0Alpha1RoutingTree: cleanKubernetesRouteIDs(routeObject),
+    }).unwrap();
+  });
+}
+
 const fuzzyFinder = new uFuzzy({
   intraMode: 1,
   intraIns: 1,