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Emergency services in Norfolk have closed roads and issued danger warnings after a crumbling cliff top collapsed at Hemsby over the weekend.

Up to 30m of road along what is known as The Marrams collapsed following stormy weather, affecting dunes on the Hemsby Gap, creating what emergency services described as a…

Midlands Connect has released a report underlining the need for proposed upgrades to the A46 Newark bypass, urging the government to commit to the project.

The scheme, costed between £400M and £500M, has been dubbed “imperative” by Midlands Connect chairman Sir John Peace. According to the report, the existing bypass is…

Reducing carbon emissions from the transport sector is crucial in meeting the UK's decarbonisation goals  Yet Stantec and research body DecarboN8 have revealed a widening gap between the scale and pace of current transport decarbonisation plans, and what is really needed.

We wanted to gain an understanding of how different…

The government has announced the 55 projects it intends to finance with nearly £1bn for Round 3 of its ‘Levelling Up Fund’.

This is the third and final round of the £4.8bn promised by the government. The first round, announced in October 2021, saw 105 projects funded with £1.7bn. This was…

England’s roads agency National Highways is planning to retender its technical consultancy framework, which covers geotechnical engineering services, within the next year.

Noted by NCE sister title Ground Engineering, in a recent prior information notice, National Highways confirmed that it will replace its current specialist professional and technical services framework 2…

National Highways will have to pay £2.5M and carry out a “complex” repair procedure on a bridge in Essex that was struck by an excavator being carried on a lorry.

Severalls Lane Bridge is located on the A12 Colchester Northern Bypass and in March 2020, two of the bridge’s beams were…

Construction has started on a dual purpose project to build flood alleviation and a relief road for the village of Benson, which lies southeast of Oxford on the River Thames.

The £6.9M Benson relief road will be an alternative route from the A4074 and B4009, north of Benson. It is designed…

The government has pledged to redirect HS2 funding worth £8.3bn to deal with potholes and resurface more than 8,000km of roads across England in a moved described as “a game changer” by experts.

It is part of the government’s Network North plan, with money from the cancelled HS2 Phase 2…

North Somerset Council has given final approval for construction of Banwell Bypass to progress despite costs increasing by more than a third to £89.2M.

Originally tabled in 1927, the scheme gained planning approval in March this year but was put on hold as cost increases became clear and the council needed…

National Highways has paid Skanska an additional £24M for the £950M A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme after it was delayed by a legal challenge.

The delay in start and associated inflationary impacts have seen the cost of the scheme rise. This brings Skanska’s construction contract for the job to…