The feasibility of connecting multiple Irish Sea road tunnels with a roundabout beneath the Isle of Man has been played down by leading tunnelling expert Bill Grose.
Grose – a former British Tunnelling Society chair – highlighted several challenges presented by the proposal but did not rule out the possibility of…
The cost of patching up London's surface transport assets has increased by 762% during the last five years, it can be revealed.
In total, Transport for London (TfL) spent £2.5M on implementing interim measures for its road tunnels and bridges during the last year, with a further £2.38M spent on reactive…
Transport for London (TfL) has shaved £3M off the final estimated cost of the Silvertown Tunnel.
The saving on TfL's direct capital costs is revealed in meeting agenda papers released ahead of TfL's programmes and investment committee meeting next week. The final estimated cost for the east London project is now…
Downing Street officials have proposed an “underground roundabout” alternative to the Irish Sea tunnel plan championed by prime minister Boris Johnson.
Plans involve not one, but three tunnels under the Irish Sea connecting in an “underground roundabout” beneath the Isle of Man. According to The Times, officials concluded that the original…
Transport for London (TfL) has awarded five contractors places on a new framework to construct and repair its highways network, including bridges and tunnels.
The framework will also cover the construction of walking and cycling schemes including new cycleways. The winning contractors on TfL’s Surface Transport Infrastructure Construction Framework are: Costain…
Anti-Stonehenge Tunnel campaigners have been granted a court hearing to allow the planning approval of the road tunnel to be scrutinised.
Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) believes the proposals will have a detrimental impact on the ancient site and is seeking permission for a judicial review of the £1.7bn project.…
Transport secretary Grant Shapps pressed ahead with the UK’s £27bn road investment strategy (RIS2) despite advice from Whitehall officials to review the environmental impact of the road building programme, it has emerged.
The disclosure was made to lawyers for the campaign group Transport Action Network (TAN) which has sought a judicial…
This video was first broadcast at NCE’s Tunnelling Festival conference 2020. Tunnellers working on road, rail and, water and energy projects around the world were recognised at the 10th edition of the Tunnelling Awards. Engineers from Mott MacDonald, Bam Nuttall and Balfour Beatty were among those crowned during the…
This video was first broadcast at NCE’s Tunnelling Festival conference 2020. In this session, Atkins principal engineer, ground engineering & tunnelling practice Luke Marriott and Atkins technical director, Ground Engineering & Tunnelling Practice Christopher Chew discuss the challenges on the Humber Feeder 9 Gas Pipeline project. The pair discuss…
This video was first broadcast at NCE’s Tunnelling Festival conference 2020. In this session, NCE news editor Rob Hogan talks to Christian Pérez, senior tunnel ventilation engineer about that Atkins about innovative new research to improve the safety of tunnels during a fire. Revealing a video of an evacuation…
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