A new thermo-active road solution could help prevent potholes caused by freezing and thawing in the winter, according to research conducted at the University of Surrey.
Working with National Highways to prove this theory, University of Surrey researchers will trial the use of geothermal energy to keep road surface at a…
The long awaited reopening of a major road in Derbyshire has signalled the end of more than a year’s worth of flood defence work by Jackson Civil Engineering.
The A6 Derwent Way in Matlock closed in August 2022 for the contractor to carry out vital flood protection work, on behalf of…
Fears of a “catastrophic failure” of a bridge in Bristol have caused the council to bring forward a £50M plan to repair a road network “deteriorating at a significant rate”.
The Cumberland Basin road system acts as the entrance to Bristol City Docks and is currently experiencing traffic levels two and…
Extensive repairs to the Mont Blanc Tunnel between France and Italy are set to go ahead from 4 September despite disruption caused by an extreme weather related rockfall in the area.
According to media outlets including Italy’s press agency Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA) Valle d'Aosta Governor Renzo Testolin confirmed on…
The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has released a consultation asking Bristol and Bath residents for their views on constructing a new A4 relief road on a disused railway track.
The A4 Bath to Bristol corridor scheme would see through traffic removed from Brislington village by building a relief road…
Campaign group Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) has launched a legal challenge against the government’s approval of the £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge Tunnel road scheme.
Transport secretary Mark Harper granted the development consent order (DCO) for National Highways’ A303 Stonehenge tunnel (Amesbury to Berwick Down) scheme in July. The scheme will…
Graham has completed a major beam lift for the new £100M M2 junction 5 Stockbury Flyover improvements scheme.
The lift was completed at the end of last week when a 450t “mega crane” was used to lift two 56t edge beams and 16 internal beams each weighing 20t into place. Large…
National Highways has been presented with a challenge by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to accelerate the delivery of noise mitigation measures by the end of the current Road investment Strategy 2 (RIS2) period, which runs from 2020 to 2025.
The roads body’s target for RIS2 was to provide…
The government has launched a consultation about implementing the "Action Plan", which it issued in February, to make improvements to the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime.
There are two preliminary points of praise. First, the officials and ministers who have been working hard have clearly sought to prepare a plan which gives increased…
National Highways will begin demolishing the St Anne’s Road bridge over the M67 this weekend in preparation for its replacement.
The demolition is a key milestone in the £23M renewal scheme for the bridge, which spans the M67 motorway near Denton in Tameside, Greater Manchester. The bridge links local traffic to the…
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