A raft of big names in the construction sector have urged secretary for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove to scrap his flagship plan for an infrastructure levy.
The chief executives of Build UK, the Construction Industry Council and the British Property Federation are among 30 signatories to a letter…
Gloucestershire County Council has appointed Galliford Try to aid in the progression of its M5 junction 10 improvements scheme ahead of submitting its development consent order (DCO) application to the Planning Inspectorate.
The scheme is being funded with £249M from the government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund, following a successful bid from the…
Manchester City Council has called for interest in £32M of road repairs and traffic management work.
The local authority published an official notice of its four-year highway maintenance framework. Up to 35 firms could be appointed to the agreement across five lots, although contractors are free to bid for more than…
Lancashire County Council has ordered the pause of work on a £140M scheme to build a new road off the M6 as it re-evaluates the proposals.
The job would have seen a new road between the M6 junction 33 and a proposed garden village in south Lancaster, as well as a…
A number of landslides have impacted Scottish infrastructure after heavy rain and thunderstorms earlier this week.
The West Highland Line is closed after severe flooding on Monday night caused significant damage between Roy Bridge and Tulloch. It will remain closed between Fort William and Crianlarich until early next week while engineers…
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) recent draft revision to its National Networks National Policy Statement (NNNPS) has been labelled as “lip service” to environmental issues by the Woodland Trust.
The charity believes planned changes to the government’s transport policy which are proposed to bring it in line with recent decarbonisation and…
The transport brief has been restored to cabinet level in the Scottish government, after First Minister Humza Yousaf changed cabinet secretary Màiri McAllan’s role to incorporate it.
Her position now is cabinet secretary for transport, net zero and just transition. When Yousaf appointed his cabinet on 29 March 2023, transport…
Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) for Scotland chief executive Grahame Barn has branded Transport Scotland as the “worst” client body to work for in the UK over the lengthy delays to the A9 dualling project.
In its evidence to the to the Citizens Participation and Public Petitions Committee of the Scottish…
The South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) will submit a report to the Planning Inspectorate opposing National Highway's planned major revamp of the M3 junction 9 near Winchester in Hampshire.
The report forms part of the evidence gathering ahead of the public inquiry on the £220M scheme's development consent order (DCO)…
A freeway overpass that collapsed in Philadelphia, United States, after a truck carrying petrol caught fire under it was not built to withstand extreme temperatures, according to local reports.
The overpass on the Interstate 95 highway in North Philadelphia collapsed on 11 June following the fire. Reports indicate that the heat…
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