Transport and housing bodies have joined forces to lobby government on the needs of the East West corridor from Oxford to Cambridge.
The new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge corridor has been launched to replace APPG East West Rail, shifting the focus onto…
New roads, flood defences and tunnel improvement schemes are among 133 local authority projects to receive an £866M cash boost from the government.
Successful bidders are expected to use the funding for infrastructure projects to help pave the way for the extra 300,000 new homes the government has committed to build…
Smart cat’s eyes which light up as traffic lights change are being trialled by Highways England at a troublesome motorway junction in an effort to stop traffic collisions.
Highways England is testing 170 of the intelligent LED cat’s eyes at Switch Island in Merseyside, a junction serving 90,000 vehicles each day…
An Italian smart highway programme is pioneering the use of drones and sensors to improve safety and traffic management.
Architects Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Italian road operator ANAS have developed the infrastructure that will be implemented on more than 2,500km of roads. It consists of a series of poles that…
Highways England is to split off a “de-risking” £200M enabling works contract from the main contract to build the A303 Stonehenge tunnel project, New Civil Engineer understands.
The £1.6bn A303 Stonehenge tunnel project is one of the most complex and controversial projects Highways England has undertaken. It involves building a 2.9km long twin-bore tunnel through…
Amey has paused its Sheffield tree felling work due to safety concerns after contractors and protestors clashed.
The £2.2bn Streets Ahead PFI deal between Sheffield City Council and Amey has been the centre of controversy after environment campaigners claimed healthy trees were being felled. Last summer the council was granted a…
Planned transport infrastructure spending in London is almost five times higher per person than in Yorkshire and the Humber or the North East, according to new research.
An IPPR North report says that investment in London is almost 2.6 times higher per person than in the North of England. It says…
Sweco has won a contract to provide support for infrastructure projects in north west Afghanistan.
As part of the contract the company will advise and support the planning, tendering and awarding of various medium sized provincial and district level projects. It will also help supervise road construction, flood protection, irrigation, school…
Recent reductions to the spacing between emergency areas on smart motorway projects do not go far enough, the Commons transport select committee has said.
The committee has been calling on Highways England to reduce the spacing between emergency refuge areas following its inquiry into the all lane running design in 2016. The…
Banking giant HSBC is facing a demand for cash from Leeds City Council after Carillion’s collapse left a cycle highway project unfinished.
The council said it would finish the work on the first phase of the Superhighway City Connect 2 (CS2 Superhighway) itself. The £4M contract, which was awarded to Carillion…
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