An autonomous robot that detects and fixes potholes will be tested on Hertfordshire’s roads.
The robot identifies and characterises cracks and potholes in the road using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and uses state of the art imaging technology. It automatically fills the cracks to keep out surface water, which in turn helps…
National Highways has completed repairs to unforeseen issues on the Grade II listed Wentbridge Viaduct and is expecting to fully reopen it to traffic in the summer.
The roads operator's contractor Octavius Infrastructure started work on the West Yorkshire viaduct, which carries the A1 over the River Went, in April 2023…
This year National Highways is ramping up work on its £500M project to dual a 5.5km stretch of the A417 in Gloucestershire with “offline” construction of the new road.
The section of road to be upgraded is between Gloucester and Swindon and is known as a “missing link” in the strategic…
Preparation for work on two A38 schemes as part of the £50M Bromsgrove Route Enhancement Programme (BREP) in Worcestershire will start this month.
Site clearance and preparatory works are due to start on the A38 through Bromsgrove on what are referred to as Scheme B at the Buntsford Drive and Sherwood…
The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) will reportedly vote on whether to provide a £250M funding package for the planned A66 Darlington relief road.
The long-planned Darlington Northern Link road first started life as the Darlington Northern bypass, a scheme to link the A1(M) at Junction 59, Coatham Mundeville, to a…
Devon County Council is seeking a contractor to improve highway infrastructure on the A379 near Exeter in a £12.5M contract.
The works are described as construction of essential highway infrastructure on a strategic transport corridor enabling residential development to the south west of Exeter. Devon County Council explains: “The existing Chudleigh…
National Highways is seeking a transformation delivery partner to “provide a centralised vehicle for transformation and change” in the business relating to delivery, asset lifecycles, sustainability and more.
The contract is worth £43M for the initial term of November 2024 to October 2027, increasing to £75M if the extension to March…
A road bridge over the railway in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, has been strengthened with foam concrete to prepare for upcoming works for High Speed 2 (HS2).
The strengthening involved filling the structure’s three arches with foamed concrete. This work, which was part funded by HS2, will remove the weight limit that was…
Somerset Council has added Kiely Group, Heidelberg Materials and Octavius Infrastructure to its highways maintenance and improvement partnerships contracts.
The firms will join Kier in providing key maintenance works for the county’s 6,714km network. The council has awarded four-year contracts with Kiely Bros Ltd and Heidelberg Materials to deliver surface treatment…
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