The Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) update to its transport infrastructure planning policy has been highly criticised by the Transport Committee chair and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas for its disregard of climate-related targets.
The National Networks National Planning Policy (NNNPS) provides planning guidance for nationally significant road, rail and strategic rail…
Norfolk County Council has reacted angrily to guidance from Natural England which the council says blocks its plans for a major £274M road project in the county.
The Norwich Western Link scheme, which will see a new 6.2km dual carriageway built to the west of the city, had its outline business…
Kent County Council has appointed VolkerFitzpatrick to design and build a new £34M road viaduct over a rail line and river in Canterbury.
The Sturry Link Road project will see the firm construct a 550m long road including a 250m long viaduct over the Great Stour River, the river’s flood plain…
Network Rail is investing more than £20M to rebuild a major railway bridge that takes trains over the M62 in Castleton, near Rochdale.
The 42m long, 2,000t bridge, known as Castleton bridge, carries 6% of the UK’s energy supply across the country as freight trains carry material to and from Drax…
Transport Scotland has handed out a £1.6M ground investigations contract for its planned £32M A83 Old Military Road upgrade to Soil Engineering Geoservices.
As the first phase of the medium term works to improve the resilience of the road, which is used when the A83 Rest and Be Thankful is closed,…
Tightening budgets mean road maintenance specialists are finding new ways to keep costs down.
Recent government decisions have effectively placed the maintenance of ageing roads infrastructure at the top of the national transport agenda for the foreseeable future. Last November transport secretary Mark Harper announced a 10 year, £8.3bn budget for…
The backlog of carriageway repairs needed in England and Wales will cost £16.3bn while more than half of the local road network has less than 15 years structural life remaining, a new survey has found.
This year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (Alarm) survey report has been published today, 19 March,…
Balfour Beatty, working on behalf of National Highways, was able to reopen the M25 eight hours earlier than scheduled after the efficient demolition of a motorway overbridge.
The London orbital motorway saw complete closure for the first time in its 38 year history between junctions 10 and 11 this past weekend,…
A large council in the East of England has launched a tender seeking contractors for £600M of highways work.
Norfolk County Council is seeking works, professional services and traffic signals contractors to deliver a range of highways and infrastructure services across the county. A notice published by the local authority says services…
City of York Council has been recommended to approve the £65M scheme to dual the York Outer Ring Road.
The council wants to widen the A1237 from the A19 to the A1036 Little Hopgrove roundabout and officers have recommended the planning committee approve the project next Tuesday, 19 March. The majority…
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