The Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) report in April 2022 estimated that around £12.65bn is needed to deal with carriageway repairs. Yet, with more than 300 councils declaring a climate emergency in 2019, the sector must increasingly look to sustainable specification to help address the challenge.
So what are…
National Highways has revealed its updated plans for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing, after resubmitting the development consent order (DCO) application for the project earlier this month.
The initial plans were pulled in November 2020, with the Planning Inspectorate asking for more information in relation to construction plans and environmental mitigations.…
National Highways’ £460M plan to upgrade 5.5km of the A417 in Gloucestershire to a dual carriageway has been granted planning approval.
The section of road to be upgraded is between Gloucester and Swindon and is known as a “missing link” in the strategic road network. It will improve the connection between…
National Highways has begun a supplementary four-week consultation into proposals for the £320M A27 Arundel bypass.
Running from 16 November to 16 December, the consultation will give people the opportunity to have their say on the latest changes to the project. The revised proposals include changes at Walberton, an update on…
Greater collaboration between civil engineers and financers could drive greater investment in low-carbon infrastructure, according to the Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) Financing Low-Carbon Infrastructure report.
At COP26, large banks, pension funds, financial institutions and governments collectively committed billions of pounds in investment into low-carbon infrastructure. One of the principle themes…
I was asked to speak on a panel recently about what London would be like in 2050. In thinking what to say I was reminded of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s 2018 quote that "change is faster than ever but will never again be this slow".
I decided that, with…
Civils contractors have warned that the UK’s infrastructure sector is being hampered by a lack of skilled workers, adding that the number of firms reporting difficulties in labour supply has reached record highs.
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)’s Workload Trends Survey for the third quarter of 2022 found that while…
The Yorkshire & Humber public sector construction hub YORhub is looking for contractors to deliver work as part of two new civils frameworks worth over £700M.
YORcivil3 includes two new frameworks to deliver civil engineering works, bridges and structure works, highway surfacing works, flood alleviation works and coastal works for the…
Leicestershire County Council is planning to progress with plans to build a relief road despite the estimated costs doubling from £63.5M to £127M.
The long-awaited 7.1km Melton Mowbray Distributor Road will reduce tailbacks in the centre of Melton but has been hit with a price hike due to inflation in the…
A temporary bridge was removed this weekend at Steart Hill, Somerset on the A303 as part of National Highways' upgrade of the road.
The bridge was used to minimise the impact of construction on motorists and residents, with its removal marking the end of the first major stage of construction on A303 Sparkford…
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