What lies ahead for road and rail funding?
As infrastructure is elevated at a political level, there is a step change in funding for two of civil engineering’s biggest sectors, roads and rail, as the focus shifts and lessons are learnt. We are in the middle of the two major five…
Mike Unsworth must be congratulated for his intention to build a tidal lagoon power project in Swansea Bay once the expected contract for difference is agreed (New Civil Engineer, February). It is sad we could have led the world nearly 100 years ago as ICE member AMA Struben argued the…
The Welsh Government is considering building a third crossing of the Menai Straits to improve access to Anglesey in north Wales.
The crossing is being discussed at a meeting between interested parties and economy and infrastructure secretary Ken Skates, said the Welsh government. Speaking ahead of the meeting, yesterday Skates said…
The five-month public inquiry into the proposed £1bn M4 corridor around Newport is to consider 13 alternative routes proposed by objectors to the main scheme.
At a pre-inquiry meeting last week, representatives from the Welsh Government said that they had received 13 alternatives to their draft proposals and one more might…
Highways England is currently updating is delivery plan for capital projects up until 2020 and the new plans will see some major improvement schemes delayed.
The Office for Rail and Road (ORR), which monitors Highways England to ensure it is delivering effectively, says that the current baseline capital plan does not…
The last of the 110 deck segments on the Queensferry Crossing is being lifted into place today marking a milestone in the run up to completion of the bridge in May 2017.
“It’s the last of 110 segments to be lifted into place,” Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) construction director Alan…
Transport Scotland is inviting tenders from contractors to undertake the replacement of the expansion joints on the Forth Road Bridge.
The current ‘roller shutter’ or rolling leaf joints were developed, fabricated and installed by the German firm Demag and are believed to be the largest and oldest of their type in…
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has told Highways England to “learn lessons” about the importance of pre-construction work after a major road project was delayed.
Ground investigations for the A21 Tonbridge to Pembury dualling scheme were not as comprehensive as they could have been, according to the ORR after…
Current policies tackling global CO2 emissions from transport are not enough to achieve global climate ambitions, according to a new report.
Speaking at the International Transport Forum’s (ITF) Transport Outlook 2017 report launch, ITF Secretary-General José Viegas stressed that robust transport policy is vital to countering rising CO2 levels. “Transport policy…
Engineers are undertaking stabilisation works after facture was discovered on a 360mm truss member on an interstate route bridge which carries 42,000 vehicles per day.
The 2km long Delaware River Turnpike Bridge was shut ten days ago when the damage was noticed by an engineer during a routine check of a bridge-painting project.…
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